It continues to be time for end-of-year “Best” lists.

Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators.

You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated.

Here are my picks from the second half of 2025:

I’ve made many videos over the years, including quite a few animated ones with Education Week on differentiated instruction, learning transfer, and student motivation. You can see thirty of them all here. I’ve also made about 80 more on TikTok, which you can see here. I’ve begun uploading those TikTok videos to my YouTube Channel, which you can access here.

Education Week made a short video about my retirement, which you can see at VIDEO: Veteran Educator Larry Ferlazzo Retires, Reflects on His Career. I’m adding this link to my “About” page where if, for some strange reason, you’d like to see other videos or listen to other interviews.

For what it’s worth Education Week published a few more video snippets from their time visiting me during my final weeks as a classroom teacher. You can check them out at As He Retires, Larry Ferlazzo Reflects on Decades of Teaching.

 

I’m adding these videos to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Correctly Pronouncing Student Names:

Our names are special and a big part of who we are, and it’s important to get them right. Have the courage to make sure your name is said the way you want it to be! pic.twitter.com/87YBVTaR9l

— Sesame Street (@sesamestreet) June 11, 2024

 

This is an interesting new video from The Economist:

 

This video is ten years old, but I just learned about it from Larry Cuban’s blog. It’s a great discussion on the phrase “This Will Revolutionize Education.” I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Highlighting Why We Need To Be Very Careful Around Ed Tech.

 

This is a pretty interesting new TED-Ed lesson and video. I’m adding it to The Best “Lists Of Lists” Of Influential People, Events & Ideas.

 

This new TED-Ed video would be a great one to show students. I know people in their early twenties are the biggest users of sports betting apps, but I would…bet that younger folks are not further behind. As previous research has shown, preaching to young people about the dangers of gambling, sweets, AI, etc. are not very effective strategies. However, if you show them how corporations are manipulating them – that’s a different story. I recently learned that this concept is called “reactance,”  You can learn about it here and here.

I’ve shared about this idea in the past at:

A Look Back: Important New Study Looks At Assets, Not Deficits, Of Teen “Defiance”

Video: “How Stores Try to Manipulate Your Senses to Sell You Stuff”

Here’s the new TED-Ed video about gambling:

 

“One of the most controversial medical procedures in history” is the title of this TED-Ed video about lobotomies. About ninety years ago, surgeons who were taking advantage of low-income immigrant women convinced my grandmother in New York City to have her older son, who was a smart, but rambunctious child, undergo the surgery to “calm” him down. He was then institutionalized for over seventy years, and my grandmother never forgave herself.

 

I’m adding this video to The Best Places For Students To Write Their Resumes:

@totally_employable What should i remove from my resume? What should i include on my resume? Here are ten things you should remove from your resume. These are tips to help you write a strong resume. What you leave off is just as important as what you leave on. #resumetips #resumewriting #resumehelp #resume #resumeadvice #fyp #careeradvice #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #jobsearchtiktok ♬ original sound – DilaraCasey

Carol Salva and I co-hosted a Seidlitz Education webinar where we asked questions of Elise White Diaz about her book on trauma-informed teaching.

Here’s the recording:

 
For fun: