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Dana Huff

YouTube - theproselytizer's Channel - 1 views

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shared by Dana Huff on 27 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 27 Apr 11
     
    Robbing the Bard: The story of how a stolen Shakespeare First Folio appeared in the Folger Shakespeare Library. Narrated by David Tennant.
Leslie Healey

Video Games Are Ruled Protected Speech, Now What? - 2 views

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shared by Leslie Healey on 27 Jun 11 - No Cached
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      Leslie Healey on 27 Jun 11
       
      this is true! why gaming is legitimately a path fro educators to formulate learning strategies
    • Leslie Healey
      Leslie Healey on 27 Jun 11
       
      also--they ask why there are not more erudite games, just as there is "classic" literature--I think games are still a new art form. And aren't there are many fluff books as there are fluff or violent games
  • More important than that historic ruling is the reminder by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that video games, like books, plays and movies, communicate ideas.
  • Reading Dante is unquestionably more cultured and intellectually edifying than playing Mortal Kombat," Scalia wrote. "But these cultural and intellectual differences are not constitutional." It raises the question, what video games live up to that legacy of great literary works? And why aren't there more of them?
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  • Now that this distraction is out of the way, lets see the creation of more games like Bioshock, like Shadow of the Colossus, like Flower, games that make you think, that explore new ideas, that shake up preconceived notions.
andrew bendelow

The Wikiness - 10 views

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shared by andrew bendelow on 30 Jun 11 - Cached
  • it seems clear that Project-based learning (PBL) groups—I'm thinking literature circles--should be an excellent vehicle for their learning in a large classroom (next year 30+ sizes)
  • andrew bendelow on 30 Jun 11
     
    Who the Millennials are, and how Gen-X English teachers might best work with them
Jo Hawke

American Icons: The Great Gatsby - Studio 360 - 10 views

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  • Jo Hawke on 19 Aug 12
     
    Episode #1148 American Icons: The Great Gatsby « previous episode | next episode » Thursday, November 25, 2010 Recommend Share Print Email Play 00:00 / 00:00 ListenAddDownloadEmbed Stream m3u Episodes of false identity, living large, and murder in the suburbs add up to the great American novel.
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