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(How) Would You Use This Critical Thinking Video?

This “Critical Thinking” video is worth a watch. Now: What follow-up questions for discussion or writing will get the most bang for the buck if used in the classroom? (h/t One Good Move)

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Bush Accepts Evolution, not a “Literalist” (video)

Oh, the French wit. Just the right sauce for my Freedom Fries: Asked to sum up Bush’s record on the [climate change] issue, France’s climate ambassador Brice Lalonde chose instead to pass on a story he had heard. A man comes to the White House asking to see Bush. “He doesn’t live here anymore,” he [...]

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How to “Smart Mob” against Creationism in Textbooks (video)

Picture this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide – along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a Creationism-only science curriculum (I kid you not), and maybe Turkey, for good measure – organize Smart Mobs to strike, peacefully and simultaneously, out of the blue to demand only 21st century science [...]

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“Nice White Lady” (video): The Answer for Failing Schools?

Found linked in a recent WaPo article, “Should Teachers Ignore Poverty’s Impact?” Just a bit of fun, because I hope this isn’t the serious viewpoint of the “accountability” fetishists out there. Enjoy a few laughs watching the Nice White Lady’s Burden:

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Another Free US History Resource to Put Textbooks to Shame: PBS’ “The Presidents”

He wins in a Democrat landslide. Hopes are high for a progressive agenda unseen since the New Deal, and he delivers, in the first days of his presidency, an avalanche of legislation meant to fulfill those hopes. But he also inherits a military conflict that his advisers are counseling him to escalate – with a [...]

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My Wikispaces in Education Webinar Presentation Video is Up

Last week, Wikispaces invited me to give a Wikispaces in Education Webinar about four wiki projects I’ve done in high school English and history classes: The Broken World Wiki Textbook, a student-made textbook of modern world history from WW1 to WW2, featuring text, images, and embedded videos and student video lectures (and linked to a [...]

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Whacked Expat Seoul Music: Just for Fun

My Australian friend John Larkin privately advised me to share some slices of Korean life in this space, and when John talks, I listen. So here are a couple of videos from a very creative trio of English teachers here in the greater Seoul area. I’m too old and too married to have their sort [...]

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Creating Critical Readers: A Too-Easy Diigo-Google News-Student Blogging Project

Even if my recent “Politics Around the Web” posts have turned you off, I hope you noticed that they are a model of a very simple activity for any number of classes – current events, politics, science and math news, more – that want students to read and exhibit critical thinking about what they read. [...]

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Sarah Palin in “Head of Skate” – Fun Little Spoof Trailer

A little ice-breaker after my fear-frozen last post: CollegeHumor.com also found noteworthy Matt Damon’s comments about Palin leading the US government and military. But they had fun with it, bless ‘em. Enjoy (and h/t to Crooks and Liars). See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. (And on an educational note, if any of [...]

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Why Palin, Her Supporters, and the US Media Terrify Me

[Update: To learn more about Palin's ties to a disturbingly extreme, theocratic wing of Christianity, see these articles from the Christian website, "Talk to Action: Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith." They substantiate all claims with sources, and are very fair. This article is a good, comprehensive start.] From CNN: A Feature on Palin’s Church: From [...]

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