Vienna State Opera, funny ballet.

Vienna State Opera, funny ballet. Слава Украине! – YouTube. Similar:'Inappropriate' dance moves lead to calls for student lessons in Peters Mr. Merrell said the students told h…AmusingTapdance / jazz music outing with the girl. Tapdance / jazz music outing with …AcademiaCode of Honor (ST:TNG Rewatch — Season 1, Episode 3) Rehashed Amok Time plot that…

The Sentence That Knocked Down the Berlin Wall (But Almost Didn’t)

Words that defined Ronald Reagan’s presidency, as remembered by the White House speechwriter. As a speechwriter you spent your working life watching Reagan, talking about Reagan, reading about Reagan, attempting to inhabit the very mind of Reagan. When you joined him in the Oval Office, you didn’t want to hear him say simply that he…

National Day on Writing

NCTE, the National Writing Project, and The New York Times Learning Network invite you to celebrate writing in all its forms: through photos, film, and graphics; with pens, pencils, and computers; in graphs, etchings, and murals; on sidewalks, screens, and paper. This year we encourage you to focus your writing on your community in any way you…

Granting a Student SuperAdminGoddessOMGWhatHaveIDone Network Privileges

I should probably not grant a student superadmingoddessomgwhathaveidone access to a network at 11:59 on Friday night, but I just did. #trust Similar:Why Do People Share Fake News? A Sociotechnical Model of Media EffectsVerrit, like Snopes, Politifact, and a h…CultureFirst page of a student’s Texture project. (This made me laugh.) This clever freshman writing student…AcademiaThe "Monsters,…

A New Talent Emerges

I tried hard to frown disapprovingly when my beautiful daughter demonstrated that she can burp the alphabet, but she did *such* a good job…   Similar:Tolkien v. Orwell: Who understood modern surveillance best?Interesting set of observations explorin…CultureInfinite Scrolling: XKCD's Creative Insight on a Common Interface IndignityAmusingA Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSDInhabiting an improvised play designed…

What Is Gamergate, and Why? An Explainer for Non-Geeks

I’ve been following the frustrating slow burn that is #Gamergate for some time. I’m planning to introduce it in my online Video Game Culture and Theory class this January. This ground-level introduction will help add context to the mayhem. Until recently, you might have lived a life blissfully unaware of the online #Gamergate movement. But…