I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The ...
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  1. My Best Posts That Appeared In April
  2. SEL Weekly Update
  3. May Is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
  4. I Really Like This Short Video Of Bernie Sanders Talking With A High School Class
  5. May Day Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
  6. More Recent Articles

My Best Posts That Appeared In April

 

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).

You can also see my all-time favorites here. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too.

Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference) – also note that I group many updates on the Trump administration’s current attack on education and democracy in weekly posts you can find here):

What Do You Think Of These Two Questions For Helping Guide School AI Use?

The Advantages Of Not Having A Zero-Sum Mindset

Here’s A List Of “Interactive Teaching Methods” A New Study Has Found Effective In Social Studies Classes

This Is Pretty Interesting: Meta-Analyses Ranking Instructional Math Strategies

Every ELL Teacher In The U.S. Will Want To Read These Results From An Ed Week Survey On Teaching English Learners

Infographic On ELLs In California – Here’s The Prompt I Used If You Want To Create One For Your Own State

I Really Like This Game Called “Ripple” Where You Have To Connect Historical Events With Their Consequences

This Idea Of Beginning Lessons With A “Micro-Inquiry” Is A Good One, & I Like This Free AI Tool Designed To Create Them

Yet Another Study Finds This Program Is Successful For Ninth-Graders – I’m Not Really Sure Why Most Schools Don’t Implement It

How Did I Not Know That The PBS NewsHour Publishes A “Daily News Lesson” …Daily?

New Study Finds That Peer & Self Assessment Helps Create The Conditions For Student Motivation

Researchers Suggest That New AI Text Detectors Work

Big New Analysis Of What Works In Reading Instruction For Older Readers – Here’s What It Says

“The Claim Auditor” Uses AI To Verify…Claims That People Say Are Research-Based

U.S. Dept. Of Ed Announces It Plans To Shut Down Its Office Supporting English Language Learners

If You’ve Wondered How Many New Words To Teach In One Lesson (& What ELL Teacher Hasn’t?), Then You Want To Read This!

New Study Confirms What Most Teachers Know – Having A Sense Of Humor Helps Big-Time In The Classroom

Even MORE Research Finding That Reclassifying ELLs Isn’t The Preferred Goal That It’s Cracked Up To Be

This Is A VERY Interesting & Useful Study On The Use Of Collaborative Writing In An ELL Classroom AND I Think It’s Findings Can Be Applicable With English-Proficient Students, Too

“What If History” Is A Fun AI Tool & Also Makes Me Feel Sad About What AI Has Done To Classrooms

“What Drains Teachers’ Energy and How to Stop It? ‘It Was Never the Kids’”

“A Little Shift in Teaching Can Go a Long Way in the Classroom”

“Many Teachers Have Novels Living Inside. Here’s How to Write Them”

“An Iranian American Educator Speaks From a Broken Heart”

     

SEL Weekly Update

 

I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists.

Also, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources.

Here are this week’s picks:

I’m adding this video to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR HELPING STUDENTS – & US – DEVELOP GOOD HABITS:

 

How to Be a Great Coach—Even When You’re Busy is from The Harvard Business Review. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “Instructional Coaching”

4 Ways to Use the Fresh Start Effect to Motivate Students is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.

Why the strongest academic gains start with student mindset is from District Administration.

The Impact Of SEL On Academic and Social Development

     

May Is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

 

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the United States.

You might be interested in The Best Sites For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

     

I Really Like This Short Video Of Bernie Sanders Talking With A High School Class

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This is great!

 

     

May Day Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

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May Day is coming up.

You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About May Day.

     

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