Political Philosophy and Media Literacy Cornerstones
Propaganda and disinformation can have real, destructive effects in society and government. That is one of many lessons we can draw from the past week in...
Podcast475: Lessons Learned Teaching During the Pandemic
Welcome to the first episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity for 2021, now starting its 16th year as an educational podcast! This podcast episode...
The Story of our Family Recipe Sharing WordPress Website
Family recipes are important. Being able to cook a much-loved family recipe can bring back a flood of good memories, but is also practically important for...
Amazing #STEM Animated Visual Notes by Dominic Walliman
I agree and resonate with many of the things Jaron Lanier shares in the Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” but I disagree with his advice on...
Discussing “IRL Online” with the #digiURI Media Club
Monday this week I had the opportunity to facilitate a monthly meeting of our Media Literacy Club (technically the “#digiURI Media Club”) for a discussion about...
Designing And Narrating a Dream House Tour in Spanish
This semester, for a variety of reasons, I’m having the opportunity to teach two classes of introductory 5th grade Spanish in addition to our 5th and...
Student Email Overload and GMail Filters
Teaching during the COVID-19 global pandemic can be crazy! About a month ago ago I boldly announced that I was going to start blogging every day...
The Fragility of Democratic Institutions – Memories of Cairo in November 2017
On November 16, 2017, I had the privilege of dining in my Cairo hotel restaurant with Ahmed Ragheb, a long-time friend of my parents who I...
Lesson Cast: Sharing a Class Recording with Minimal Steps
This past summer as we prepared for the challenges and uncertainies of the COVID-19 dominated 2020-21 academic school year, our head of school asked me to...
The Social Dilemma Documentary and YOUR Social Media Privacy Settings
If you have not yet watched the new Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” stop reading this post now and immediately go watch it. Or at least...
