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A second age of reason

January 25, 2008

Rob Paterson calls Al Gore’s latest book, The Assault on Reason, a manifesto for public media. In reading this excerpt from Time, I was fascinated by the interwoven threads of issues that I’ve been discussing on this forum. First of all is the need for public discourse, not just improving our existing educational systems:

So the remedy for what ails our democracy is not simply better education (as important as that is) or civic education (as important as that can be), but the re-establishment of a genuine democratic discourse in which individuals can participate in a meaningful way—a conversation of democracy in which meritorious ideas and opinions from individuals do, in fact, evoke a meaningful response.

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To blog or not to blog?

January 25, 2008

Working as the customer support lead for the company Generation YES I hear comments and questions from a variety of teachers. Many times I am asked the question ” What is the big deal about blogging?” and ” How do I use a blog with my classroom?”

I understand how it is hard for some teachers to know how to use these newer forms of communication effectivly. Since most of today’s students are acustomed to blogging and use blogs on a daily basis it is important for teachers to learn how to use blogging as a classroom tool. For those of us who where in school before the word “blog” was even in existance here is a short, and entertaining video may bring you up to speed.

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