Skip Zilla's Blog – July 2008 Archive (6)

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tool that turns Wikipedia pages into mindmaps

Here's a link to WikiMindMap, a free, web-based tool which allows you to enter a word or name or phrase into it (which you would otherwise directly enter into Wikipedia or other large public wiki to find information), then automatically converts the results of the search into a mind map--a well-structured, graphical, and easily browseable overview of links to all related wiki pages. (Note that while this tool provides a quick way to grasp the… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on July 24, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Changing Lives Through Music

This is a video of an updated 60 Minutes broadcast done by Bob Simon on Venezuela's groundbreaking musical education program. (A four-page transcript of the show segment can be found here.)





What I appreciate most about this musical education program is that it transforms the faulty perceptions which hundreds of thousands of poor and neglected kids have of themselves,… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on July 20, 2008 at 8:54pm — 2 Comments

Who knew we've been living in such a dangerous neighborhood?

June, 2008's The Atlantic published yet another historical perspective changing article titled "The Sky Is Falling". Here's a short video by the article's author, Greg Easterbrook, speaking about what he's written:



What I find interesting is how a simple and discomforting insight of Dallas Abbott, a research scientist whose interests are plate… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on July 19, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Library of Congress Virtual Programs & Services

In a previous post I inserted a link to a Library of Congress "Web Guide" for the new U.S. poet laureate Kay Ryan. Today's post is aimed at highlighting the LoC's Virtual Programs & Services, which is a great place to begin an online search for information on a variety of subjects of interest to both teachers and students. I have just begun to search this valuable LoC reference stash in any initial gathering of source materials for… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on July 18, 2008 at 9:16am — 8 Comments

A conversation with Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools

I'm currently watching on PBS tonight Charlie Rose's conversation with Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools. This video of the broadcast conversation, like others of Rose's I've posted, seems to me to be very informative and encouraging, in this instance about the turnaround of a previously failing, urban school… Continue

Added by Skip Zilla on July 15, 2008 at 8:54am — 2 Comments

Charlie Rose's lastest discussion with teachers on education

Here's a video of Charlie Rose's discussion with last four national teachers of the year, which I watched on-air tonight on PBS. Great teachers (and administrators) make the difference.

Added by Skip Zilla on July 11, 2008 at 1:07am — 1 Comment

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