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I’m Intrigued By This Idea Of A “Living” Slideshow, & Could See It Being A Huge Hit Or An Absolute Disaster In The Classroom
I had students create a lot of slideshows and make a lot of presentations when I was in the classroom, though I often had them make posters, instead (you might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching Students The Differences Between A Good & Bad Slide). I was intrigued by this Edutopia article, which describes a living “slideshow,” where there is a narrator and, instead of static slides, classmates act them out. It has some elements of a Tableau, which I experimented with a bit. If I was still in the classroom, I’d give it a shot. I’d guess it would have a 50/50 chance of either being a big hit or a big disaster.      Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
Ten 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: I’m adding this post to The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom: Lesson Plan: Technology. Using Gallery Walks to Bring B2 Tech Vocabulary to Life. is from Blog de Cristina. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Planning “Learning Stations” – Please Add More. ELL students could watch these videos and then talk/write about what they saw:     I’m adding this video to The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons:  EAL adaptations: Poetry, Year 6 is from ELT Planning. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More.  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:
You Didn’t Notice will share key events that happened on the your birthday dates. I’m adding it to The Best “Today In History” Sites. Here are two online drawing games where you can create private rooms to play with friends: Guess Doodle and WhoDrewWho. I’m adding them to The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”
A viral case against screens in schools is winning converts. Does the evidence hold up? is from Chalkbeat.  Sentences Of The Week geralt / Pixabay
I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful. Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful. And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education. I may also include my own comments or related links. This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts. Here are this week’s sentences: Storytelling is the invisible pedagogy. See A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES ON TELLING STORIES WHEN WE TEACH “The real answer to fixing the reading problems across the country and in Michigan is that we need to address poverty and we need to address housing instability,” said Jennifer Erb-Downward, director of Housing Stability Programs and Policy Initiatives at Poverty Solutions. See The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On Student Achievement Eco, who called lists “the origin of culture,” traced their function to our most basic human desires: “to make infinity comprehensible” and “to create order.” See The Bests Posts & Articles About Why We Like Lists An Economist analysis of New York Times best-selling books from the 1930s to the 2020s found that “sentences in popular books have contracted by almost a third since the 1930s.” Just 44 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 considered themselves to be “thriving” in 2026, down from 64 percent in 2010… When put to a public vote, school vouchers have been unpopular; they’re perennial losers on the ballot. It’s maddening that ideologically motivated billionaires, who likely never sent their own children to public schools, have been able to push this policy through. For the first time since the 1970s, the latest CRDC gathered information about teachers’ race, ethnicity and sex. It found that the workforce is 75% white, 9% Black and 11% Latino — a drastically different makeup than the students they serve. I don’t think it’s fair that teachers get to use AI in lesson planning and grading and that students can’t use it for anything. I don’t think there’s a single human being who remembers being in a K-12 classroom who does not understand that smaller class size is a plus. The census doesn’t just count people. It determines which people count.
 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: Sona will create short podcasts on any topic. App Hive is a collection of…apps that teachers have created with AI. Gemini Explained is from Wonder Tools. I’m adding this next post to THE “BEST” IDEAS FOR USING CHATGPT, BARD, & OTHER FORMS OF AI WITH STUDENTS:
What happens when a course goes from using AI to unplugged and back again? is from The Important Work. I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of Different Types Of Guidance Educators Are Giving Students About AI Use In Their Classes.   More Recent Articles
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