a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to education
Everything tagged education
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08/03/07
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Religion and the Arts in America
Facinating essay by Camille Paglia about the role of religion in culture and art. Rather long and quite of bit of historical background, but well worth the read and generally agree with these last few paragraphs: “For the fine arts …continue reading »
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05/30/07
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Thinking of Something to Say: Topoi
While I’ve never seen these formalized like these, I definitely spend a lot of time working through questions like this when I write stuff for luxagraf, and to a lesser degree, Wired. A handy cheat sheet for those looking to …continue reading »
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01/30/07
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Harvard Lecture Downloads on iTunes Store
Harvard’s offering a limited slection of courses for free download via the iTunes Store. From the press release: “Harvard Extension on iTunes U, get a taste of a Harvard education — Sample distance education courses and lectures, watch or listen …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Why Children Shouldn’t Have The World At Their Fingertips
Thomas Edison was a great inventor but a lousy prognosticator. When he proclaimed in 1922 that the motion picture would replace textbooks in schools, he began a long string of spectacularly wrong predictions regarding the capacity of various technologies to …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Scientific American: Mindful of Symbols
“On the way to learning that one thing can represent another, young children often conflate the real item and its symbol. These errors show how difficult it is to start thinking symbolically.” But don’t say anything about how dangerous it …continue reading »
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05/17/06
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Teaching & Projects Abroad
For the high minded, or those just wanting to do something different when the travel or live abroad. I haven’t done it so I can’t comment, but it sounds nice if the website is to be believed.continue reading »