Click here to read this mailing online.
"Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…" - 5 new articles
“English, no kidding” Looks Like A Surprisingly Useful AI Site For ELLs & Their Teachers
English, no kidding offers nearly thirty AI-powered tools designed to support English Language Learners, particularly in encouraging speaking practice. It has more-than-adequate free plan, and it’s very inexpensive if you want to use it even more often. If I was in the classroom, I’d try it out for a month or two to see how often I’d use it before purchasing a subscription. It has some pretty creative ideas – most which could be fairly easily adapted by teachers without using any tech at all. I plan on using some of its ideas when I return to “work” with elementary ELL students in the fall as volunteer teacher. I’m adding this info to: The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom THE BEST POSTS ABOUT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WITH ELLS      Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here. Here are this week’s picks: How to Turn Vocabulary Lessons Into Nuanced Conversations About Meaning is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching Clines, Or Word Spectrums. The Writing Revolution in Math Class: Because, But, So is from Dylan Kane. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Writing In Math Class. Making Formative Assessments More Efficient and Effective is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment. Five Math Procedures To Help Students Learn From Their Mistakes is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures, I’m adding this post to THE BEST RESOURCES SHARING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT “TEACHER TALK”:  You Can Read The First Chapter Of Our Book, The Better Teacher’s Toolbox, For Free!
The publisher of our new book, The Better Teacher’s Toolbox, is still working on getting all the book’s student handouts up on their website so that anyone can download them. However, you can go to the website, click on “Read an Excerpt,” and download the entire first chapter of the book for free! Look for book excerpts in different publications soon….
 This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom geralt / Pixabay
At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM: English With Lewis and Lingoku are two language-learning tools that might be worth looking at. Lingua is an English-language learning tool that doesn’t appear ready for prime time yet, but might have potential for the future. Coloring Page Magic is yet another AI-powered coloring page creating tool.  I thought these tweets were insightful:
  Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In addition, look for our latest book on teaching ELLs, The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0. Here are this week’s choices: Reacting to Oral Presentations: Helping Students Become Active Listeners is from On The Same Page ELT. I’m adding it to The Best Ideas To Help Students Become Better Listeners — Contribute More.  The 2-Minute Lesson Plan is from The Barefoot TEFL Teacher. ELL students could watch this video and then talk/write about what they saw:  Bilingual education as resistance: Challenging standardization in a complex world Cultural Connections to Pedagogy in English as a Second Language (ESL) Education  16 Reasons Why So Many Students Fail at Speaking and What We Can Do About It (Part 1) is from Language Gym. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English. ELL students can watch this video and then talk/write about what they saw:  The “Science of Reading” ignores good science is from the Future is Bilingual. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”
I’m adding the next two links to The Best Resources For Learning The Advantages To Being Bilingual: THE IMPACT OF MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION ON GLOBAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES – AN EDUCATOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Raising Achievement for EAL Students: An AI-Supported Approach in a High-Stakes Year is from Rob Chambers. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning Strategies To Teach ELL’s In Content Classes.  More Recent Articles
|
