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As the battle rages on over whether Christian-owned businesses should be exempt from offering certain services to gay clients, a lesbian-owned T-shirt company based in New Jersey is taking a perspective that might surprise some conservative... Via Homophobia news watch 
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MathChat is an interesting new iPad app that I discovered recently. As its name indicate, MathChat is an app that allows students to collaborate and work together on math problems. This collaboration takes place in group chats where members get to exchange messages, use pointers to show how to solve a problem, or draw and add arrows to provide illustration and guidance on Math concepts. This collaborative feature of MathChat resembles to a great extent the work Whiteboard apps do. Via John Evans
Dennis Swender's insight:
Collaboration -- for the expansion of multiple learning opportunities. Should students be encouraged to collaborate with others on tests and assignments? Why is it that when students look up a word in a dictionary or consult a reliable reference source, that's OK, but if they consult a friend, that is sometimes considered cheating?
Ken Zimmerman's curator insight,
October 27, 2014 12:36 PM
A possible tool to use in Hybrid classes.
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"In this exclusive, unedited interview, 'I Am Malala' author Malala Yousafzai remembers the Taliban's rise to power in her Pakistani hometown and discusses her efforts to campaign for equal access to education for girls. Malala Yousafzai also offers suggestions for people looking to help out overseas and stresses the importance of education." Via Catherine Hislop, Dana Hoffman, Jocelyn Stoller
analise moreno's curator insight,
October 14, 2014 8:01 PM
This was one of our focuses last chapter. I totally agree with this because woman and as well as men deserve education they need education to have a successful life. I like how she describes this so well and thoroughly she talks about what she wants and needs in her life. 
Raychel Johnson's curator insight,
May 25, 2015 8:42 PM
Summary: In this interview, Jon Stewart talks with Malala Yousafzai, a girl who outwardly fought for women's education, and in doing so, was shot by the Taliban. Even now, she continues to fight for women's equality and their right to education, after she won her Nobel Peace Prize.
Insight: In this interview, the main topic is gender equality, and how it can lead to better education for women, which, in turn, gives women more power. Although developed countries, especially in Western Europe, already display high gender equality, more developing countries, especially in the Middle East, have hardly anything close to gender equality. Even with low amounts of gender equality, people like Malala and advocates in Western countries are striving towards this goal of gender equality.
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Check out Edutopia's collection of articles, videos, and other resources on internet safety, cyberbullying, digital responsibility, and media and digital literacy.
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Dr. Cornel West re-examines the lives and legacies of leading black activists Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells.
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Dennis Swender's insight:
Barbara Trepagnier's words bring current those of Peggy McIntosh's, "Unpacing the Invisible Knapsack."
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It seems like every time anti-racism activists speak up about their work, there is some level of pushback claiming that the work is "attacking white people." But the thing is, that's just not true. Anti-racism is not against white people. Via Jocelyn Stoller
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October 13 to 17 marks Ally Week, a week in which diversity is celebrated and those who support the LGBT community are encouraged to step forward as social justice allies. I am rather excited about this; I had no idea there was such a week, and as... Via Homophobia news watch
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Materials presented during The 10th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology - Yogyakarta - Indonesia, August 21 - August 24, 2013 - Prof.… Via Jocelyn Stoller
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The signs of dementia are the same in any language. And symptoms of traumatic brain injury are similar regardless of socioeconomic status or place of birth. But the tools neuropsychologists use to assess and measure cognitive ability are not necessarily standardized from one country to another – or even from one neighborhood to another nearby. Cedars-Sinai's Enrique Lopez, PsyD, is working to change that. Via YouyaTralaLing
Dennis Swender's insight:
Another important aspect of cultural diversity.
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A Jefferson County school board proposal to ensure that U.S. history courses promote citizenship and patriotism and downplay civil disobedience led to weeks of student protests in the suburban Denver district.
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The Mis-Education Of African-American Girls | http://www.actualityfeed.com/
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The conservative talking head fans fears that Obama administration is ginning up racial tension VIDEO Via Jocelyn Stoller
Dennis Swender's insight:
Mr. Carlson's charge in the video about the Obama administration using "racial fears to get their base out to the polls" definitely appears to reaffirm his FEAR -- IF fear is based on the acronym, "False Evidence Appearing Real." The last election results prove just the opposite for this claim against the Obama administration. More FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) is his assertion that the United States is moving in the direction of "ethnic politics" as in "practically every other country on the planet" being divided by ethnic politics -- again proved just the opposite by the last election results. I'll ignore the lack of evidence to support any presumption about "practically every other country." But the FEAR (False Evidence…) most startling is Mr. Carlson's assertions about California going from once being the "richest [state] out of 50," with "great schools, excellent infrastructure," and "reasonable“ politics to now becoming "a one party state that's literally crumbling and … more impoverished than any other state." His response to asking, "Why is that?" is, "Well, there’s only one thing that changed – and that’s the composition of the population in California because of immigration.” Actually, the FEAR acronym (False Evidence…) is a misnomer since Mr. Carlson provides no evidence -- not even personal evidence. It might be a novel idea if we looked at the evidence that Mr. Carlson does not wish to consider. Per capital personal income in California in 2010 was 11,021 vs 43,104 in 1980 (when Mr. Carlson was 12 years old). The evidence that Mr. Carlson fails to consider proves his fears to be unfounded. A simple comparison of the per capita averages for those two years shows no change in California's ranking, which at no time was the richest state. In 1980, there were 3 states with higher incomes: Alaska at 13,007, Connecticut, 11,532; and DC, 12,251. With California at 11,021, Kansas was 9,880; US average, 9,494; Texas, 9,439 (with similar population figures and border proximity); Missouri, 8,812; and Mississippi, 6,573. Thirty years later, the rankings remain pretty much the same: DC, 71,044; Connecticut, 56,001; Alaska, 44,174; California, 43,104; US average, 40,584; Kansas, 39,737; Texas, 39,493; Missouri, 36,979; and Mississippi, 31,186. California has neither been at the top, nor is it now "more impoverished than any other state." Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business. Web: http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/relsarchivespi.htm. California's once "great schools" and "excellent infrastructure?" If there's one way to "not do education," California's Department of Education has always been -- and still is -- at the forefront. One need only look as far as the educational fiascos that occurred after the 1968 publication of Rosenthal's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" and with the 1998 Unz anti-bilingual initiative. Despite the fact that both of these efforts have been discounted, initial state support of both of these research-void debacles may have done more to harm California students, thereby contributing to future "impoverishment," than any influx of immigrants. The evidence from simple Google searches prove Mr. Carlson's FEAR to be FAR from true.
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Gays are under attack in Liberia after many Christian leaders, including Catholic Archbishop Lewis Zeigler of Monrovia, declared Ebola to be a punishment from God for the act of homosexuality. Via Jocelyn Stoller
Dennis Swender's insight:
The Fred Phelps legacy resurfaces anew
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The Indian Act defines who is and is not recognized as an "Indian" in Canada, but that doesn't mean all aboriginal people have Indian status or get perks like free education and tax breaks. Filmmaker Howard Adler explores some common myths about this almost 140-year-old classification. Via pdeppisch, Jocelyn Stoller
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From Typhoid Mary to the AIDS epidemic to the Ebola crisis: The language of exclusion has a long history in terms of fighting disease in the United States.
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A Texas community college rejects two Nigerian applicants because they are from a country with “confirmed Ebola cases,” even though the students are not at risk of having the disease.
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RESPECT Program - School of Nursing at the University of Kansas Medical Center
Dennis Swender's insight:
The sociopolitical context of multicultural education reaches beyond public school educational issues within an individual classroom, school, district, state, and U. S. Department of Education.
KUMC's School of Nursing's RESPECT program demonstrates a strong affinity with some of the ideas presented by Lewis Diuguid ("The Platinum Rule," located under "Working Principles for Smooth Functionings" in the "Course Information - Please Read This First" folder) and Dr. Jesse Milan ("How Do I Motivate Diverse Learners," located in "Mod 3 Classroom Connect").
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Research shows that minorities in the United States are in poorer health, have more trouble accessing care, are more likely to be uninsured, and receive lower-quality care more often than other Americans. This new collection of charts can serve as a valuable resource for understanding disparities and formulating solutions.
Dennis Swender's insight:
There's more than just educational and economic disparities,
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The Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research is designed to feature the important role of research in advancing understanding of equality and equity in education.
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Dennis Swender's insight:
Pitts' article provides a literal example of Banks' imposed + authentic unums which helps to affirm the "reason that courts require witnesses to 'tell the turth, the whole truth.' To tell half the truth is to tell a lie of omission."
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One of our Chapbook Essay topic prompts relates to this clip.