The Educator's Notebook

Hashtag Emerges For Resources To Teach About Charlottesville
Twitter - 8/13/17

"Educators: Be thinking now about how to engage students in critical discussions about white supremacy. Check out #CharlottesvilleCurriculum”
The Google Memo: Echoes Of Campus “Free Speech” Issues
Gizmodo - 8/5/17

"Psychological safety is built on mutual respect and acceptance, but unfortunately our culture of shaming and misrepresentation is disrespectful and unaccepting of anyone outside its echo chamber. Despite what the public response seems to have been, I’ve gotten many personal messages from fellow Googlers expressing their gratitude for bringing up these very important issues which they agree with but would never have the courage to say or defend because of our shaming culture and the possibility of being fired. This needs to change.”

Woman In Tech “Ladysplains” Why The Google Memo Is Wrong
Vox - 8/11/17
Tensions Mount On Campuses Around Inadequate Inclusion
New York Times - 8/4/17

"Many professors are spending the summer trying to figure out how to discuss the campus climate in class without raising the ire of this audience. In the last few months, at least a half-dozen professors have been threatened or fired for airing controversial positions on issues of color or, in the case of Dr. Goffman at Pomona, researching the subject.”

Another Punderful Review Of That Book About Pun Competitions
Economist - 8/10/18

"In New York a monthly event called Punderdome features jokesters with pseudonyms such as “Punder Enlightening”, “Jargon Slayer” and “Words Nightmare” who compete over the course of four increasingly absurd rounds.”
Palimpsest: Ancient Parchment Yields More Ancient Poetry Beneath
Atlantic - 8/9/17
We Use Profanity In Print 28 Times As Much As In The 50s
Pacific Standard - 8/4/17

Six Organizations To Study For Competency-Based Learning
Global Online Academy - 8/10/17
3 Questions To Help Students Listen To And Learn From Each Other
SmartBrief - 8/4/17

"Who in our class supported you in an important way? Who in our class pushed you to think differently or more deeply? Who in our class inspired you by setting an example?”

On The New Republic, Digital Journalism, And The Tech Age
Atlantic - 9/1/17
A Deconstruction Of How Online Journalism Hijacks Your Mind
Medium - 7/14/17

"By the end of the war it was clear that information warfare was a powerful weapon — it could raise armies, incite violent mobs, and destabilize whole nations. In response to this systematic manipulation of the truth, there was a concerted effort to create an institution of fact-driven journalism beginning in the 1920’s."

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