A Facebook post grabbed my attention last week. It was an August 29 letter from Trappist nuns in Syria to President Obama. But was it real? I used the opportunity to model for my Global and Cultural Perspectives class efforts to authenticate sources. The letter claimed to be from Trappists nuns living in Syria. Trappists …
Tag: Critical Thinking
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Aug 25
Science Center claims Moon Landing May Have Been Faked
“Going to the Moon may have been a hoax.” These were the opening lines in the Montréal Science Centre’s iDTV Newsroom space exploration activity. I visited the Centre last week while in Montréal, terribly excited and open to experience another phenomenal invitation to the public to get excited about science and technology. We bought our …
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Dec 12
The Lies We Tell: A Review of Imagine: How Creativity Works
I was so excited to get my hands on Jonah Lehrer’s book Imagine: How Creativity Works. I had read reviews when it first came out and put it on my request list at the library. The audio book came in and I couldn’t wait for each small trip in the car to hear more. His storytelling was extraordinary and …
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Oct 28
Assigning Wikipedia Entries for a College Classroom
Grow a Generation advocates active learning, engaging young people in meaningful projects, and tapping into a person’s intrinsic motivation to learn. I’ve challenged parents and teachers to see technology as a tool to help develop a generation of innovators, critical thinkers, collaborators, young people able to take criticism, to fail and rise, who are empowered …
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Sep 19
Neil Armstrong, Bill Nye and the War on Math and Physics
The news came a few weeks ago that Neil Armstrong had died. He is a personal hero and I mourn his loss, especially coming so soon after Sally Ride. I went into my computer and resurrected the slides from a presentation I did at the Western PA Montessori school, Neil and Buzz Go to the …
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