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Comment on Is Brainpop Bad For Students? by Week in Lab: Success, Failure, and the Lessons Learned | Reflections on Teaching

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:13:18 +0000

[...] twice. The second lesson was based on a short lecture with images, and a BrainPop video, proving Gary Stager’s point that they aren’t enough, and my point that they should be used as an into or review, rather [...]

Comment on Why not “cure” poverty instead? by The “Best” Articles (And Blog Posts) About Education Policy — 2009 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:27:30 +0000

[...] Mercer wrote an absolutely great post at our group blog, In Practice. It’s titled “Why Not Cure Poverty Instead?” and is outgrowth of a conversation about Ruby [...]

Comment on Is Brainpop Bad For Students? by The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:47:06 +0000

[...] seems pretty insulting to Native Americans and to the student audience of the story. Jeez, I know Brainpop gets criticized, but even their Thanksgiving movie refers to the damage caused to Native [...]

Comment on Cellphones In Class by Cellphones in class | Befuddled

Cellphones in class | Befuddled — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:11:33 +0000

[...] Ferlazzo, by contrast, argues in favor of his school’s cellphone ban. At his school they’ve found cellphones break up school community by making it easy to [...]

Comment on Is Brainpop Bad For Students? by Brainpop ESL Launches Today | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Brainpop ESL Launches Today | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:57:41 +0000

[...] I like Brainpop a lot, and believe that it’s well worth the money for teachers of World History and United States History. Since they added closed-captioning to their animations last year, their movies became especially accessible to English Language Learners. I’ve included them on a number of “The Best…” lists. In fact, I’ve defended Brainpop from attacks in Is Brainpop Bad For Students? [...]

Comment on Classroom Management by Education News » Blog Archive » Back to School in a Web 2.0 World

Education News » Blog Archive » Back to School in a Web 2.0 World — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:02:06 +0000

[...] of these suggestions can be used any day or even help you start over as suggested by Alice Mercer, Larry Ferlaza and others on the Starting Over Page of the First Day Wiki.As we move beyond the world of Web 1.0 [...]

Comment on iPods In Schools by Why I Support The Cellphone Ban At Our School | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:04:18 +0000

[...] might also be interested in visiting the post I wrote about our iPod ban, [...]

Comment on EdubloggerCon 2009 Reflections by Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | Reflections on Teaching

Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | Reflections on Teaching — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:51:49 +0000

[...] Becker shared this (and some of the background on why it occurred) with me on Saturday after his EdubloggerCon session on School Change. He also suggested that I go to the Conference based on my comments. So, I showed up on Monday [...]

Comment on NECC Day One Live Blog by Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | In Practice

Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | In Practice — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:53:50 +0000

[...] My Live Blog (does not include Equity Summit) [...]

Comment on NECC Day One Live Blog by Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | Reflections on Teaching

Reflection on Day One of NECC 2009 | Reflections on Teaching — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:39:37 +0000

[...] My Live Blog (does not include Equity Summit) [...]