I watched this TED Talk and thought you would find it interesting.
eL Seed: A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings
Learn more about watching TED Talks on all of your favorite platforms: https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks
Teachers are thanking Melania Trump – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-36836599
For everybody out there who has ever done the hard work of doing good academic research, I think this article is worth passing on – and it’s amusing to see some academic good come out of something that is otherwise so dismal. Seems that there is a bit of a social media campaign going on explaining exactly what plagiarism is, and why it shouldn’t happen. Looks like there are a lot of students who will be getting a refresher course on why it’s important to use references – thanks to the Trump campaign. Likely not the outcome the campaign intended for the speech, I imagine.
For further proof, this scientist estimates that there is a 1 in 87 billion chance that the speech was original: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/math-melania-trump-plagiarism_us_578e66bbe4b04ca54ebef2b6.
Pediatrics experts make recommendations to curb ‘virtual violence’ in children’s lives
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/violence-children-teens-1.3681849
Shared via the CBC News Android App
I have a long-standing opposition to violence in any media that kids and youth are consuming. I was also never convinced by the “I watched violent movies and I turned out OK” argument that some people tried to convince me with. 🙂 I’m glad to see that more concrete evidence is coming out that confirms that violence in media for kids and youth is a clear problem and steps need to be taken to adjust what is being viewed. Although this study is looking at kids and youth, I would suggest that the same applies to violence being used for entertainment for adults, as well. Do we really need to be more desensitized to violence? Shouldn’t we be working towards peace and justice instead?
http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/whats-the-evidence-on-fundraising-with-images-of-pity-v-images-of-dignity-testing-the-narrative-project/
Definitely an important discussion to highlight! Great blog post examining some really interesting research.Worth reading!
Definitely an important discussion to highlight! Great blog post examining some really interesting research.Worth reading!
Ever wondered about the differences between different electoral systems? Here are a couple of great summaries, highlighted on the votebetter.ca website (connected with LeadNow). Happy watching!
http://www.votebetter.ca/voting-videos/
