Fantasticate (v): to fantasize over something.  Funtasticate (v): to funtasize over something… here’s the links for the week:
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Thailand – Two sets of TPB photos from Thailand (First, second) show the devastation that the recent protests have caused in Bangkok.
Lying kids do better – Because lying involves being able to hold two ideas in the head [...]

I’ve had many discussions with outstanding teachers around the country (Teachers of the Year, Milken Educators, NBCTs, and so forth). It always amazes me how few of the teachers being recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom can brag on the support of their administrators. Much more common are stories of subversion, sneaking around policies, [...]

This article (http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2010/05/17/why-does-it-have-to-be-eitheror-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-but%E2%80%A6/) gets across far more elegantly what I was trying to say in my previous post… that process, held above content, leads to selection of content not on its own merits, but on the merits of the skills it can impart to students.  This is the triumph of process [...]

I’ve come to realise the underpinnings of a fundamental disagreement with the direction of education in my school and the province.  At heart, I’m a product-orientated person.  I don’t care how you do something as long as it gets done to a particular level.  The problem I have is that things like UBD and new [...]

Foinery (n): fencing; swordplay.   Funery (n): wordplay.  Here are your links for this week:
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Gulf oil woes – The Big Picture has a series of photos on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  As usual, they are excellent.
Red families vs. Blue families – Social consequences of the divide between the way red [...]

I originally signed on to Facebook a couple of years back because a friend told me I could find an old high school buddy through the site.  Fair enough.  Since then, I’ve reconnected with a couple of old friends, but not in any meaningful kind of way – just a few chats now and then.  [...]

Felsenmeer (n): flat arctic area covered with angular boulders.  Funsenmeer (n): flat computer screen covered with arch comedy.  Here are this week’s links!

Afghanistan – The Big Picture’s monthly look at the lives of combatants and civilians in Afghanistan.
The Morning Guy – Interesting (and humourous) look at the brain science behind the workday and productivity.
CIA’s target [...]

funambulism (n): tightrope walking; show of mental agility.  Hey!  That word already starts with fun- … I guess that answers the question, “Where’s the fun in that?”  Here are your links:
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Challenged books – The ALA’s list of the most challenged books in 2009 is now available at Flashlight Worthy.  The reasons that some of [...]

My district finds itself in a bit of a pickle finance-wise this year.  Three factors have come together to create one of the toughest financial times this school district has faced.
The first is inability to raise our own funds.  The Saskatchewan government last year announced that it was removing the ability of local school boards [...]

Farraginous (adj): disordered; jumbled; miscellaneous. Funraginous (adj): pile of assorted amusements.  I only have eleven this week, so here they are, unordered:

BBC photo classes – The Beeb’s Wildlife Magazine’s “12-part series on the art of wildlife and nature photography.  Each issue [...] will focus on a different type of photography and demonstrate how you [...]

Filipendulous (adj): hanging by or strung on a thread.  Funlipendulous (adj): the thin thread that ties this definition to amusement (whoa, meta).  Here we go!
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Old age – This is the elderly age.  As the article points out, “Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive [...]

Since tomorrow we are all off on vacation, I thought I’d do the links roundup thing today.  Here’s the list:
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Afghanistan – The Big Picture’s monthly take on life in the troubled country of Afghanistan includes celebration and tragedy.
Letters to the President – Every day, President Obama reads 10 letters from ordinary Americans to get a [...]