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GovLoop and Moving Forward

A seed of collaborative support—intended to help the U.S. Census Bureau cut through red tape and coordinate with federal, state, and local government partners—has been sewn on GovLoop.At latest count, the Census-managed GovLoop Group has 36 Replica Omega Seamaster Watches members. The intent is to share information, distribute public communication best practices, and encourage participation […]

Why Play a Video Game in Class?

The role-playing game Neverwinter Nights begins with a simple tutorial, which is where the heaviest reading occurs.The game is distributed on the Atari label and was created by the makers of Thomas Sabo Pendant the game Dungeons and Dragons, and it uses skills such as logic, problem solving, higher order thinking, and dialogue for the […]

Summoning Units from Beyond the Grave

Because I taught high school students on the campus of a community college, I had more freedom in my selection of texts for my zombie unit. I taught Shaun of the Dead with great success, although I imagine its inclusion in a typical high school curriculum would be a nonstarter due to language and gore. […]

Confronting Our Theories: A Queer Lesson for English

As an English teacher, I would sometimes read Poppy Z. Brite’s novel Lost Souls with groups of 16-to 18-year-olds as we worked on their comparative literature essays for portfolio assessment (the British A-level). First published in 1992, and an example of the New American Gothic horror genre, the novel provoked comparisons with 19th-century Gothic and […]

Examining Social Commentary

Why music videos? Plainly stated, music is enjoyable. When seventh ninth, and eleventh-grade students were prompted to identify which medium they would prefer to take with them on a desert island, music was selected over television, computers, video games, radios, books, newspapers, and magazines (Christenson and Roberts 33). With access to personal artist websites, Yahoo! […]