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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: The Pros and Cons of Homework (in 6 Charts) is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues. 7 Teaching Practices that Nurture Student Voice is from Cult Of Pedagogy. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Agency & How To Encourage It. Do You Love Learning About History? is from The NY Times. Using Tech Tools to Amplify Classroom Thinking Routines is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT PROJECT ZERO’S THINKING ROUTINES. Revisiting the Rules of Gradual Release of Responsibility is from ASCD.
     This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):
Trump Administration Investigating L.A. Schools’ Gender Disclosure Policies is from The NY Times.
Teachers Like It. Research Is Promising. Is This the Solution to Teacher PD? is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Professional Development For Teachers — Help Me Find More.
Chicago teachers want no school on May Day, testing the city’s mayor and school leaders is from The AP.
A Blend of Naivete and Fatalism: School Reform in the U.S. is by Larry Cuban. Why Education Effect Sizes May Be Misleading is from Teaching by Science. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.
From Rural Counties to Urban Districts, Community Schools Are Making a Difference is from the Learning Policy Institute. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Community Schools . Teacher Turnover in the United States: Who Moves, Who Leaves, and Why is from the Learning Policy Institute. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE “TEACHER SHORTAGE”
 If You’ve Wondered How Many New Words To Teach In One Lesson (& What ELL Teacher Hasn’t?), Then You Want To Read This! geralt / Pixabay
Teachers of English Language Learners and, in fact, of all students often wonder how many new vocabulary terms should be introduced at the same time. When I taught in the classroom, I would generally start a unit by presenting about twenty vocabulary words, either using the Picture Word Inductive Model with ELL Newcomers, a Word Splash with English-proficient students, or just a list of words with an essay-writing unit with Intermediate ELLs. Gianfranco Conti has now written an extraordinary post headlined How many words can we really teach in one lesson? that reviews all the research under the sun about this very issue. Every teacher could benefit from reading it, though it’s important to keep Dylan Wiliam’s comment in mind: “Everything works somewhere; nothing works everywhere.” Of course, another related question is, after introducing vocabulary, how many times do students need to see/use it before they truly learn it? Timothy Shanahan says 10-15 times with lots of variation. This ASCD article offers another perspective: A Game Plan for 12 to 20 Meaningful Exposures I’m adding this info The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary.  Ed Tech Digest
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: Story Chain lets you create collaborative stories with people you choose. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Collaborative Storytelling. Chronopress is an online game where you have to put historical events in the correct order, like the NY Times Flashback game. Tiny Tools Stack is yet another free screen recorder. I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Making Screencasts. Web Archives is a browser extension that, theoretically, gives you the archived version of webpages, including ones, theoretically, that have been behind paywalls. RemovePaywalls is supposed to do something similar. Personally, if I find that I want to access resources/articles from a site often, I feel it’s necessary for me to subscribe. But, if it’s an article from a site I want to access once or twice a year, I don’t feel bad using one of these tools. Cosmos provides access to a zillion images in the public domain. I’m adding it to The Best Online Sources For Images. The Library of Congress has a “Free To Use” site highlighting their public domain images. I’m adding it to the same list. The Newseum has a well-known collection of daily front page newspaper articles from around the world. Now, there’s an alternative to it called Papers From Today. I’m adding it to The Best Tools To Help Develop Global Media Literacy.  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. Here are the latest: Quinnsy is a free AI-powered Mind Map generator. How AI made Meet’s language translation possible is from Google. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Google Translate. Examining the Role of AI-Based Conversation in Enhancing English Speaking Practice among Non-Native Learners is a new study.
Another AI Side Effect: Erosion of Student-Teacher Trust is from The 74. I’m adding it to The Best Posts About Trust & Education and to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students.  Designing with Purpose: Pedagogical Reflections for the Development of AI Speaking Tools is from FLT Magazine. I Love Infographic is an AI-powered text-to-infographic generator. It’s not free, but only costs a few bucks each month. Here’s an infographic it made in response to my prompt, “Elements of an effective English Language Learner teacher”:
I’m adding it to The Best AI Tools For Creating Visuals & Infographics.
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