language
Insult and Injury
by Charley-Chartwell. Always useful to have some Shakespearean insults on hand. From - Visually.
Creatives v. The Rest Of Us
I like the work of the RSA very much and enjoy their articles, posts and animations. But their continued use of…
A is for…A Poughkeepsie Day School Lexicon
A is for Algebra, Anthropology, Arts and Athletics. We teach them all. People often refer to the STEM curriculum (It's…
From the silo to the beach
In the conversations at this year's NYSAIS think tank (Twitter hashtag #NYSAIStt11) the language we use has not been the…
What the dickens?
Looks like the new UK education minister is channeling Thomas Gradgrind: Pupils must learn about Miss Havisham, says Minister They…
Digital literacy across the curriculum
It's not about the tools and the testing, it's about the learning and the thinking. Digital literacy is an important…
“What ails thee Jock?”
By now you have probably been sent a link to, or have even read, Playing to Learn – Susan Engel’s…
Truthy quotes: The best and the bogus
A good quotation is like the perfect tweet - short, pithy, memorable, wise and wonderful. The the tip of an…
Hoover that google
With google now declared the word of the decade, tweet the word of the year and unfriend now officially in…
Dangerous Praise
Good reminder about how not to praise from Stephen Currie in a recent post to the PDS Math Guy Blog.…
Good news for wool gatherers
A wandering mind heads toward insight WSJ article reports on findings that suggest: …our brain may be most actively engaged…
Are you phobic?
How many words are there in the English language? Estimates vary but most agree there are quite a few. And…
Stephen Colbert hears the Mermaids
What's the difference between a metaphor and lying? With a president who reads Derek Walcott and quotes June Jordan it's…
False Promise: The Ersatz Language of School Reform
An article by Alfie Kohn in The Nation is a timely reminder of how language is so easily co-opted to…
What’s your favorite word?
What’s your favorite word and is it in this dictionary yet? If not, then consider making a personal contribution. Meanwhile…