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- We All Know FIFA Is Completely Corrupt, But It Is Good To Hear That The World Cup Final Halftime Show Will Benefit Education & Literacy
- It’s Bastille Day! Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
- I Like The Instructional Strategy Behind This Video: “Walking Through Writing a Compelling Essay”
- The Best Social Emotional Learning Resources Of 2026 – So Far
- Ed Tech Digest
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Yes, FIFA is about as corrupt as they come, and their cozying up to Trump has been inexcusable.
Still, it was nice to learn that the World Cup final’s halftime show is dedicated to raising $100 million for literacy programs around the world.
Here’s a video about it:
I like the idea behind the instructional strategy explained in this Edutopia video.
Basically, students have the elements of an essay they have to write printed out on papers that are laid on the floor, and student pairs discuss them as a planning step for their essay.
There are way too many steps, in my opinion, that students are discussing, but, as I said, it’s a good idea.
If you go to this Edutopia link, you can also download all the materials the teacher used in this exercise.
I’m adding this info to Best Posts On Writing Instruction.
My end-of-year “Best” list posts continue…
I publish a regular series called SEL Weekly Update, and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year.
You might also be interested in “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources. All my “Best” lists related to SEL, including previous editions of this Best list, can be found there.
Here are my choices from the past six months:
The Best Resources For Using “Vision Boards” In Class
Edward Deci, Researcher & Developer Of Many Strategies On Creating The Conditions For Intrinsic Motivation, Has Died
An Epidemic Of Uncurious People Who Think They’re Curious
District Superintendents, Principals & Teachers Might Want To Consider Emulating Coach Mike Brown
Schools Are Spending $4 Billion Annually On SEL, Apparently Much Of It On Digital Platforms? Give Me A Break….
Recommendations For Teachers From A Study On How To Enhance Student Motivation
I Really Like This Strategy For Talking With People You Disagree With
No Shocker To Teachers, But New Study Finds SEL Helps Students’ Academic Achievement
New Study Finds That Peer & Self Assessment Helps Create The Conditions For Student Motivation
“Situational Agency” Is A New-To-Me Phrase For The Idea Of Removing Temptations Instead Of Trying To Overcome Them
Shocking (NOT) Research Result – SEL Can’t Mitigate The Affects Of Poverty On Academic Achievement
Why listening may be the most powerful medicine is from Science Daily.
How to resist everyday temptations is from Psyche. I’m adding it to Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control.
Can persistence and openness reduce inequality in schools? A little bit is from Experience To Meaning. I’m adding it to The Best Articles About The Study Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough.
5 ways to help students develop a growth mindset in math class is from Teach Learn Grow. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset.”
I’m adding this next post to The Best Articles About The Study Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough:
Pearls Before Swine illustrating when Social Emotional Learning goes off the rails www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefore…
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
COMIC: 7 signs it’s time to call it quits is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals.
What can we learn from Steph Curry about leadership? Our 4 favorite lessons is from The Athletic. I’m adding it to The Best Ways To Use Stephen Curry & The Warriors For Teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills.
The point-guard mentality didn’t just make Sam Darnold better. It’s a useful mental trick is an excellent New York Times article. It reviews evidence showing the advantages of focusing on helping others look good, instead of just yourself – in athletics and in other parts of life. I see it often on the basketball court. The guys who are most highly thought of and who everyone wants to play with are the ones with that attitude. This article could be the basis of a very important classroom lesson, with students sharing their own related experiences. I’m adding it to The Dangers Of “Zero Sum Thinking” In The World, Including In Schools.
4 Ways to Use the Fresh Start Effect to Motivate Students is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.
Building and Sustaining a Sense of Belonging During the Transition to High School is from Stanford. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW TO PROMOTE A SENSE OF “BELONGING” AT SCHOOL.
Building Strong and Positive Teacher-Student Relationships in the Classroom: A Systematic Literature Review and Strategy Guide is a useful study. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students.
Playing the Long Game: The Power of Self-Control is from Angela Duckworth. I’m adding it to Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control.
Practical Ways to Support Students With Adverse Childhood Experiences is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Ways For Responding To Student Trauma – Help Me Find More.
How to Help Kids Succeed is from Freakonomics. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.
New Research on How to Get Workplace Rituals Right is from Harvard Business Review. I’m adding it to The Differences Between “Rituals” & “Routines” In The Classroom, & Why We Need Both.
Great Leaders Make People Feel Noticed is from The Harvard Business Review. It offers good ideas that teachers can use in the classroom. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students.
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps.
You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources.
Here are this week’s choices:
This first resource comes from Wonder Tools:
I love minimalist tools like the free Kraa, a wonderful new digital writing surface. I’ve started experimenting with creating quick, simple pages, which Kraa calls “leaves.”
The example pages shared by Kraa’s founding team will give you a feel for it:
3 Tech Tools to Promote Elementary Students’ Oral Fluency is from Edutopia.
I second John’s recommendation
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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I’m adding these posts to The Best Posts & Articles Highlighting Why We Need To Be Very Careful Around Ed Tech:
I’d like to convince my students to go laptop-less in class based on their preferences. I recall @justinwolfers.bsky.social showing his students the research on laptops in classroom to prove to them why it’s a bad idea. Anyone have any good examples they could share?
— Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham (@paulgp.com) January 19, 2026 at 8:21 AM
If you’re hoping to show students evidence to support your tech rules/interactive pedagogical approach, here’s what I use. Decidedly not comprehensive, but makes the key points.
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— Jen Jennings (@jenjennings.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Debating a laptop ban in my class for the first time this year — querying students for their thoughts before finalizing the policy.
Our teaching and learning center links out this, which itself links to ready-to-use slides om the topic: dailynous.com/2018/08/15/d…
— Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 8:25 AM
This great article by @richpatterson.bsky.social (and father!):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
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— Joshua Goodman (@joshua-goodman.com) January 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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