News:
The Daily Show - Guns in School: I found this wonderful clip on YouTube and I wanted to share it with you. We talked about messures and legislation being developed to allow teachers to carry guns in schools during Episode 48. This clip deals with some of what we were talking about and brings up a new "innovation" that uses textbooks as sheilds. David Truss left an interesting comment on Episode 48 that I do not think the Daily Show chose not to focus on.
"An angry kid that brings a weapon to school has probably had issues with police or authoritative family members already, why should teachers try to take the same 'broken' approach with these kids?"
You can find David at his elgg blog by clicking the link
here.Visual Literacy Periodic Table via the Financial Aid Podcast: Chris Penn has a nack for creating and finding neat things on the web. In Episode 452 Chris put a link to the Visual Literacy Periodic Table. This is a neat website that has a large gathering of techniques of displaying and organizing information. This is a good tool for those of you who are trying to explain concepts to the visual and mathematical learners in your classroom. This could also be a good reference for students who need to make presentations or want to better organize their ideas. I'd like to know what you think of this site, leave me a comment or email me and let me know what you think. Or better yet if you use this in a lesson or with a project, let me know how it turned out.
State of the Union Smackdown from Pluggd: Pluggd has made the state of the union available on their site. This isn't so interesting, until you see how they have allowed you to search through both the state of the union and the response. Using a simple text search bar you can search for any topic in the speeches. This is a great way to look at both sides side by side and issue by issue. This could be a real educational tool that could allow you and your students to find portions and discuss them.
Listen to Your Kids Gets Going: Julien Smith's new project,
Listen to your Kids is starting to get some recognition and is having a good response. As of this episode, there have already been two "kids" who have left messages. You can listen to my interview with Julien about this project
here.
Children's Songs from Afghanistan: One of my professors at
Lesley University, Louise Pascale, has created an album and song book of Afghan children's music.
"After decades of political upheaval in Afghanistan, this moving collection of
16 children's folk songs is being returned to a new generation of Afghan children to be sung and passed down for generations to come. Originally collected by Peace Corp volunteer, Louise Pascale, and published by Kabul Press in 1968, the songs have all but disappeared from the culture. They have now been recorded by well-known and respected Afghan musician, Vaheed Kaacemy, and a group of Afghan children. A new, colorful version of the songbook includes lyrics in Farsi, Pushto, Uzbeki and Hazara, musical notation and a 60 minute CD. With support from the National Geographic Society, Ayenda: Afghan Children Initiative, and many generous individuals, 3,000 copies are being distributed for free to children at 100 schools across Afghanistan. Additional printings are planned to return this cultural heritage to thousands more children in Afghanistan and in Afghan communities around the world."
Upcoming:
In the next few weeks look out for an interview with Brian Connelly from
Alive In Baghdad. I will also put out the panel discussion I was in at the Lesley University Technology Institute in two parts.
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