Tag Archives: history
Roleplaying and Research-the joy of finding details
A few nights ago I was talking with a number of friends online and one of them used a spelling of Yankee that I wasn’t familiar with, Yankies and I went and looked it up to learn about the etymology. … Continue reading
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But its not accurate! The joys of anachronism in historical shows and fiction.
I was recently introduced to an amazing show on CBBC called Leonardo! by a friend of mine who wrote a fantastic post about it, which I highly recommend though it is full of spoilers. Reading her post got me thinking … Continue reading
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Books Clubs and Socratic Seminars
All of the reading this week is about how to run book clubs and Socratic seminars. I’m curious to see what these articles say because one of the things that’s helped my parents get socially active in the community they … Continue reading
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Learning Environments and Assessment
This week’s reading is chapter 6 of How People Learn called The Design of Learning Environments, which begins with a brief history of how education has changed in the United States from rote copying to critical thinking. I’ve always found … Continue reading
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Ethics
This seems to be the week for discussing ethics, we spoke about them too in my archives’ class. That professor used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before connecting with ethics, but makes a lot of sense, risk management. Ethics … Continue reading
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History and Politics-Acting for Change or Reacting to Trends
I always find myself amazed at just how much trends and politics play into the history of education and through that to school libraries. I know its one of those things that actually should be fairly obvious since its been … Continue reading
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Standards and Goals
I find the AASL standards well thought out in terms of how they work to combine information literacy and literacy to help young readers become creative and intelligent young people. Though I did find some of the language slightly odd … Continue reading
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