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Marcus Aurelius From The Virtual University (MICHAEL SUGRUE)
Image via Wikipedia This is a lecture, the first of a series about Marcus Aurelius. I’ve read the Meditations a couple of times and I’ve read Epictetus as well. However,…
Sterling Hayden On “Career”
These wonderful paragraphs are by Sterling Hayden, a Hollywood actor. He was a man of many talents and I’ll think you’ll like the writing. This is from the Wikipedia entry…
My Welcome to My New Students in Criminal Justice!
Welcome! I want to welcome you to this class. I always consider these joint endeavors in which both you and I trying to learn something in a complicated and exciting…
Can We Engineer Students to Where They Learn Without Teachers?
I was reading Norman J. LaFave’s Web site, Alterworld: Norman LaFave’s Science Fiction Musings on Writing, Science, Technology, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Policy. His current article, The Future of Learning…
Using Film in the Classroom, Air Crash Investigation: Cleared for Disaster
Image via Wikipedia This particular episode is very interesting and, in particular, very useful for classroom discussion. We have an apparent case of air traffic controller incompetence leading to a…
I Showed the Documentary, Gasland, Today
Films receive a wide variety of responses in the college classroom. The response to Gasland was excellent. The class paid careful attention, had good questions and comments. I knew of…
For My Students – Alternative Browsers
These are alternative browsers to Internet Explorer. Changing to one of these will go a long way toward protecting your computer. http://www.flock.com/ Flock claims to be the fastest browser…
Some You Tube Video’s You May Find Interesting in the Context of Business Law
This first selection is a documentary telling the story of how General Motors bought out the public transit systems particularly cable cars and replaced them with bus lines. It’s an…
Using Film to Teach – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
I used this film today in two classes. The students gave it rapt attention. Here is the link. You click on it to see the film: Triangle Factory Fire 1-2…
Frontline Documentaries Dealing with Criminal Justice Issues
I worked this list up for my criminal justice classes. They are very fine documentaries and I recommend them to you. James Pilant Frontline Documentaries Dealing with Criminal Justice Issues…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
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