Larry Ferlazzo

2 days ago | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org | Larry Ferlazzo

This is reprinted from the first section of a previous post, Topics & Sentence Frames For Slideshows I Have ELL Newcomers Create & Present – Part One:Every week, I have my ELL Newcomer students create short slideshows related to the theme we’re studying. They then share them with each other “speed-dating” style, and sometimes they share with other classes. They are great opportunities for speaking, writing, reading and listening.

2 days ago | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org | Larry Ferlazzo

Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change:What will climate feel like in 60 years? will show you a city that has a climate now that your community will have in…sixty years. Climate Zones is an interesting interactive from The Pudding. Choose Our Future is a serious game.

3 days ago | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org | Larry Ferlazzo

Social media was awash last week with commentary on New York Magazine’s article, Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College (it’s behind a paywall but, if you don’t want to subscribe, there are still ways to read it). I’ve also embedded a video at the bottom of this post that is an interview with the article’s author.

3 days ago | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org | Larry Ferlazzo

I began posting videos on TikTok a few months ago, and also upload them to my YouTube Channel. In addition to the videos on my video page, there are about 100 more short ones there. Here are a few I’ve done in the past month:@larry.ferlazzo Are teachers more stressed now than in the past?

3 days ago | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org | Larry Ferlazzo

Great Strategy Starts with Experimentation is an interesting article at The Harvard Business Review. It discusses successful businesses that have encouraged employees to try both large-and-small-scale experiments. It got me thinking about if and how this kind of “culture of experimentation” could be encouraged at our schools. Obviously, our schools are not businesses, and we’re working with vulnerable children. So, there would need to be “safeguards” on our experiments.