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Here are the latest updates for woowonenature@gmail.com "Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day..." - 5 new articles “8-Bit Philosophy” Is A Useful Series of Videos This Week's "Round-Up" Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues “After The Storm” Is Impressive Wash. Post Interactive On Tornadoes September’s (2015) Best Tweets — Part Three New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary” More Recent Articles Search Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Prior Mailing Archive “8-Bit Philosophy” Is A Useful Series of Videos 8-Bit Philosophy is a useful series of videos from Wisecrack. You’ve got to pick-and-choose, but a number of their videos can be engaging and informative for students, and presented in an exceptionally unique form. I’ve previously posted about their video on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, which I happened to use in my IB Theory of Knowledge class this afternoon (I’ve embedded it at the end of this post). I’ve also embedded a few of their other particularly useful ones…              • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • This Week's "Round-Up" Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues © 2011 CGP Grey, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in The Best Articles & Posts On Education Policy In 2015 – So Far): All education needs is another rich person who wants to reform education – and we’ve got it. Laurene Powell Jobs announced a $50 million prize to reinvent high schools, which you can read about in The Washington Post and at NPR’s Marketplace. I have little faith that anything good is going to come from it, especially since the project is being led by one of the key people behind the Vergara lawsuit attacking teachers. I’m adding this info to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy. For a different take on education philanthropy, read this Washington Post piece: Not Bill Gates: Meet Ted Dintersmith, an education philanthropist with a different agenda. I’m adding it to the same list. Guiding Principles on Teaching, Learning, and Reform is by Larry Cuban. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Providing An "Overall" Perspective On Education Policy. What We Lose When A Neighborhood School Goes Away is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On The Impact Of School Closures — Suggest More! Why Teachers Aren't Getting Their Pensions is from The Atlantic. Teachers Are Schooling Government on How to Improve Education is from Dame Magazine. Seattle teachers’ tentative deal tackles issues beyond pay is from The Associated Press. School districts see teacher shortages after years of cuts is from The Associated Press. I’m adding it to The Best Articles & Posts About The "Teacher Shortage.”      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • “After The Storm” Is Impressive Wash. Post Interactive On Tornadoes After The Storm is an impressive multimedia interactive from The Washington Post and PBS Independent Lens. It’s about the coming – and aftermath – of a tornado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Tornadoes.      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • September’s (2015) Best Tweets — Part Three Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn't necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I've already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in post. If you don't use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my "tweets" on Twitter profile page. You might also be interested in The Best Tweets Of 2015 – So Far. [View the story “September’s (2015) Best Tweets — Part Three” on Storify]      • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary” I’m adding this new TED-Ed video and lesson to The Best Sites For Learning About China:        • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Five Most Popular Posts Of The Week Video: Ahmed Mohamed Interview: 'I Felt Like I Was A Terrorist' Video: "The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained"

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