© 2013 LongitudeLatitude, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are three new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: Refrigerators of the World is from The Atlantic. What The World Eats is from National Geographic. How Often People in Various Countries Shower is from The Atlantic.

© 2006 hobvias sudoneighm, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I have both my IB Theory of Knowledge students and my ELL history classes do "What If?" projects, and they’re pretty popular. You can read all about them, and see student examples, at The Best Resources For Teaching "What If?" History Lessons. Here are three new resources that students could review to get ideas for their own projects: What If the Allies Had Lost World War I? is from The Atlantic. Why We’d Be Better Off if Napoleon Never Lost at Waterloo is from The Smithsonian. If you could undo one historical event, which would it be? is from Ideas.

Here are the most popular posts so far this year from this blog. Some were published prior to 2015, but they continue to remain popular (and, of course, I continue to update them): 1. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom 2. The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL 3. The Best Online Virtual "Corkboards" (or "Bulletin Boards") 4. The Best Comic Strips For Students & Teachers In 2012 — So Far 5. Easily Make Your Own Unique (& Fake) CNN, NY Times, Etc. Website With "News Jack" 6. This Has Got To Be One Of The Most Useful Sites On The Web For ELL Teachers 7. March’s Infographics & Interactives Galore - Part Four 8. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures 9. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games 10. Not "The Best," But "A List" Of Music Sites 11. All 1,400 "Best" Lists 12. The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A "Growth Mindset" 13. The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2013 — So Far 14. The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English 15. The Best Movie Scenes To Use For English-Language Development 16. The Best Sites For Grammar Practice 17. The Best Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced English Language Learner Sites 18. The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters 19. The Best Places To Read & Write "Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories 20. The Best Sites For Learning Spanish Online 21. The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects 22. The Best Places To Get The "Same" Text Written For Different "Levels"

© 2008 Chris Gladis, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are reports on several new studies I’m adding to The Best Resources For Helping Teens Learn About The Importance Of Sleep: Zombieland? Tech Wrecking Sleep for Scores of Teens: Study is from NBC News. How sleep helps us learn and memorize is from Science Daily. The less you sleep, the more you eat is also from Science Daily.

There are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called "Infographics & Interactives Galore." You can see others at A Collection Of "The Best…" Lists On Infographics and by searching "infographics" on this blog. I’ll still be publishing separate posts to individually highlight especially useful infographics and interactives, but you’ll find others in this regular feature. Here goes: Seven maps that will change the way you look at history is an interactive you don’t want to miss. Check out Journey To The Centre of the Earth from the BBC. The Upshot from the NY Times shares their most popular interactive infographics from the past year. This Is How Fast America Changes Its Mind is a fascinating interactive from Bloomberg Business. Here’s a final interesting infographic (for some reason, the entire infographic may not show, so you’ll have to click on it):

Ways To Encourage Support For English Language Learners is my latest Education Week Teacher post. In it, Diane Mora, John Wolfe, Toby Karten, Armine Spoelstra Kirke H. Olson and Rick Murry share additional ways to encourage teachers and administrators to support English-language learners. Here are some excerpts:

© 2014 Daniel X. O’Neil, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Restorative Practices - Help Me Find More: Zeroing out Zero Tolerance is from The Atlantic. Brilliant article: the mindlessness of school suspensions and a better way http://t.co/mY3Ht9uVMQ @acestoohigh @nctsn — David Bornstein (@dnbornstein) May 18, 2015 The discipline gap in American education needs our attention, too http://t.co/gn38FDZatF pic.twitter.com/83mm64oCP6 — Pacific Standard (@PacificStand) May 15, 2015 Alternatives to Suspension: Inside a 'Restorative Justice' High School in Brooklyn, Listen http://t.co/fZnozXLSUC via @WNYC — Beth Fertig (@bethfertig) April 27, 2015 Reasons to try out RJ a few schools at a time.//In Classroom Discipline, a Soft Approach Is Harder Than It Looks https://t.co/sTAzzToBps — Paul Bruno (@MrPABruno) April 15, 2015

© 2010 Justin P Lambert, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Sources Of Advice For Making Good Presentations: A TED speaker coach shares 11 tips for right before you go on stage is from TED Talks. .@alicrowley makes it look easy!Not a natural public speaker?Check out these presentation tips-http://t.co/a7PVAdcUjX pic.twitter.com/Mf6uqzqGVu — CTQ (@teachingquality) June 15, 2015 Free e-book: How to Present at a Language Teacher’s Conference is from Adam Simpson.

I’m adding these two videos to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures:

The Stanford Prison Experiment is a staple of IB Theory of Knowledge classes around the world, and it was news to me that a major theatrical film was being released about it. Here’s the video trailer, and you can read more about, including recent debate about the experiment itself, at Slate. I’m adding this info to The Best Movies For IB Theory Of Knowledge Classes - What Are Your Suggestions?