The Polliwog Journal

A weblog about teaching English & integrating technology

Entries from August 2007

Paying attention? and what this means for teachers

August 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Download Video: Posted by jsdt4 at TeacherTube.com.
Okay, if you watched this video, which is a lot of facts/stats set to music, you might be thinking “yeah, exactly” or perhaps you are simply confused by the message.
I want to put myself into the consciousness of a typical traditional teacher for a moment. I [...]

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Tags: School in general · Technology and Education

Philosophy, Podcasts and Me

August 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

I got an IPod for Christmas and I love it. With 30 gigs, I know I could put more songs on it than I own, but that doesn’t matter. I have pictures there, too. And podcasts. About a month ago I subscribed to Stanford’s Philosophy Talk. Until today I had not listened. Until today.
Being the [...]

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Tags: Philosophy · Technology and Education