You may have heard about the late David Foster Wallace’s amazing commencement address from several years ago at Kenyon College. A few days ago, a video, using his audio, was unveiled on the Web, and has since been seen millions … Continue reading →

Science magazine is inviting young people to contribute responses to a GREAT question. Unfortunately, the deadline to submit a 250 word response is May 17th, the day after I publish this post. Here’s their question: You can travel back in … Continue reading →

The New York Times is soliciting contributions to a “No Longer Lost To History” project. They invite readers to “Tell us about a person you knew or admired who you think put a wrinkle in the social fabric.” It’s an … Continue reading →

There’s a fair amount of research, which I describe in some of my books, which shows that leaving lots of teacher comments on student papers is pretty much a waste of time — many, if not most,  students don’t pay … Continue reading →

As regular readers know, one of the classes I teach is an IB Theory of Knowledge course. I’ve just received parental and student permission to post a couple of good videos of ones from this year. You can see them … Continue reading →

Are There Lessons from the History of School Reform? is another great post from Larry Cuban. It’s also useful for an IB Theory of Knowledge class studying history. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to The Best Posts Discussing Arrogance … Continue reading →

Here’s a great comic from xkcd:

Here’s an amazing card trick that English Language Learners can watch and describe and IB Theory Of Knowledge students can use in the context of a discussion on Perception:

What a great video to help teach “Perception” to IB Theory Of Knowledge students:

This short video would be great to teach “perception” in IB Theory of Knowledge classes. Thanks to Michelle Henry for the tip: