Pac-10 video with my Uncle Clark Holden

Great fun to watch this PAC-10 commercial and watch my Uncle Clark Holden running down the field during his fullback days at USC ('57-'59). He was a great athlete at 'SC, playing both offense and defense and punting.

21st Century Skills, Literacies & Fluency

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

21st Century Skills, Literacies & Fluency

View more presentations from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano.

Health Care Reform - Moving beyond hyperbole to some facts

Last week, Robert Pear, of the New York Times, in an article titled "Health Care Overhaul Depends on States’ Insurance Exchanges"offered important information on one of the core components of health care reform - the state run insurance exchange. It was refreshing to move away from the "sky is falling"-like rhetoric and actually read substantive details about the reform.

Cranking it up again

After a time of inactivity, it is time to be a bit more active on this blog. Rather than saving articles and posts to sites like delicious, it is better practice to blog and share (force me to :-)) thinking on topics of education, sports, and society.

Bloom's digital taxonomy

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo and others on twitter for passing on this cool 2009 discussion of Bloom's taxonomy in the digital age by Joshua Coupal.

Larry's tweet:

Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo)

10/14/10 6:22 AM

RT @TheConsultantsE: Bloom's Taxonomy on Prezi http://bit.ly/dk9bYj via @mike08 @1TEACHER4edu

Joshua's presentation:

Bloom's on Prezi

Southern White Teams Just Didn’t Play Black Ones, but One Game Ended All That - NYTimes.com

Sports are often derided for being over emphasized in America....and in some cases, of course they are. However, this New York Times story demonstrates the power that sport and coaches have to change the world. As we watch college football move into an exciting November, we should be thankful for the courage of these folks and prayerful that our society will never be as racist and dumb again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/us/26florida.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

NYT: For Naismith, Basketball Was Only a Start

A New York Times article on the inventor of basketball , Dr. James Naismith. His opinion that officiating would heavily influence the sport was spot on.