geralt / Pixabay I’ve written about, and share a bunch, of Sentence Navigators. These are basically puzzles composed of words in columns, and then students have to choose the correct ones to create a sentence. They’re excellent for ELL Newcomer classes. I’ve been having ChatGPT create more of them for me. They’ve been okay,…
Kahoot just announced they’ve developed a partnership with TED-Ed. TED-Ed animations will now be paired with Kahoot quizzes, and they’ll all be free. That’s a nice development. However, it appears that it’s pretty much a matter of watching the video on Kahoot’s site, and then it’s followed by questions about it in their typical…
Use Classroom Management Platforms and Other Tools to Overcome Barriers in Learning a Language contributed by Al Kingsley, CEO of NetSupport Teaching a language, whether for ESL students or those learning something new like French or Spanish – requires largely the same teaching skills as any other subject. Yet, in some critical ways – especially…
The Sandy Hook massacre took place twelve years ago. I have many related resources at the Not Very “Best” Lists Of The Week: Gun Violence. Here are some recent resources: The first graders who lost 20 classmates at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history…
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 THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out…
geralt / Pixabay I publish lots of posts and resources, including several specific ones that come out weekly or bi-weekly. I thought readers might find it useful for me to list those regular features, along with links to past and future ones. Here they are: Weekly posts at my Education Week advice column….
While applying to colleges last year, Hamza Parker became a casualty of one of the more tangible aspects of the conservative Supreme Court’s landmark decision to end affirmative action in college admissions: sudden cutbacks in race-based scholarships. Parker’s college advisor, Atnre Alleyne, had steered him toward a host of campuses that once provided generous scholarships…
Tumisu / Pixabay Google’s “Year In Search” video is always interesting: Google’s “Year In Search” video is always interesting: video Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
The tech world is awash with new AI tools that nobody wants or needs – as more than one person has said, “They are solutions in search of problems.” One way I’ve found that AI chatbots can be useful is by having ELL students tell them to write stories where they are heroes –…
By Sarah Robertson, Khan Academy’s principal product manager for Literacy and Classroom Experience On Sunday’s 60 Minutes AI in Education segment, Anderson Cooper demoed parts of Khanmigo Writing Coach, our AI-powered writing platform, with an essay he wrote in the 6th grade. When we launched Khanmigo Writing Coach this fall, the irony was not lost…