A lot of good teaching goes on at dailyKos. But a lot of it doesn't get read by everyone who wants to read it, because diaries scroll by so fast.
This series is about diaries that teach and about things you want to learn. Could be any subject - an academic subject, a skill, a hobby, almost anything - but not diaries that simply inform, or it would include all of daily kos.
I will also include diaries about teaching and education, but, this week, I did not include diaries that are just about the stupidity of cutting education from the stimulus plan
We are allied with the tutoring room by algebrateacher and with bookflurries by cfk and will offer tutoring in whatever we can. I can cover statistics and some math; others know other subjects. Please ask questions or volunteer answers (or both, of course).
Thanks to Rusty5329 for filling in last week
What I do is, each week, search for the tags 'teaching', 'learning', and 'education' and go through jotter's lists and the diary rescue for diaries that teach. Then I'll post the list, with perhaps some brief comment, and open the floor to people who want to learn something specific.
You can help me by tagging diaries with 'teaching' or 'learning' or 'education' when you see diaries that merit those tags, by reminding me of what I've missed, by recommending this diary, and by commenting.
I divide the list into "Regular series" and "Occasional diaries"
*Regular series* - by title of series
2 potatoes - the straight skinny on weight loss had omega 3 edition and 8 more Omega 3s by KS Rose
2009 get fit challenge guest hosted by kkmama. A new one should be up later today
Admiral Naismith's book post will be back next month (it's a once a month post)
Bookflurries was about keys, brought to you by cfk
Campaigning 101 had training and gut check by Something the Dog Said
Chronic Tonic was about difficult decision making
Cooking with AAF was about rosemary
Dawn chorus has Birdscape (SF bay area) by lineatus
The dkos travel board was about Tibet by LaughingPlanet (if you'd like to write a diary in this series or take over the series, let me know)
FAQ forum with dmsilev
Feminisms took a break this week
Fitness Monday had a beginner's guide to running by webranding (if you want to write for this series, contact anotherdemocrat
Friday Constitutional was about amendments 15 to 17 by Something the Dog Said
Friday night at the movies had a 2008 Oscar live shorts edition by chingchongchinaman
In Friday philosophy, rserven is teaching against stereotype
Frugal Fridays noted that taxes can be taxing by sarahnity.
fundamental understanding of mathematics is now in week 3 by Orinoco (week 4 should be up later today) Updateand here it is.
Garden blogging hosted by Frankenoid
Godel, Escher, Bach took a break, but will be back tomorrow with Crab Canon
Going EV took a break this week
Got a happy story had a union workers edition by sobermom
Hadrian's forum had two diaries this week: how the Romans defeated UBS (well, sort of) and the Roman republic's Joe the Plumber by Emperor Hadrian
Healthy minds in healthy bodies was about worst case scenario: CO hiking ed by indigoblueskies
History for Kossacks had introduction to Wicca/Paganism guest hosted by Julia Rain
Home repair with claude.
How a woman becomes a Goddess had Abharmu by Tara the antisocial social worker
Iron Chef Kos took a break this week
Is our children learning? took a break this week
The Left Wing took a break this week
Macca's meatless Monday was about Bittman bites by beach babe in FL
The Mad Logophile was about catecheresis by Purple Priestess
Marine Life Series was about the coolest fish on Earth (it's got a see through head!)
Math Kos took a break this week
meet the stans took a break this week
Painting palooza with boran2
parenting got started, by Elisa. A new one should be up later today. UPDATE and here it is.
Pique the geek had survey of fuels part 2 by Translator
Saturday night losers club took a break this week
Saturday night UFOria had the year of many explanations by two roads
Science before it hits the papers took a break this week
Science Saturday had a stimulus passed edition from Neon Vincent
Science tidbits by possum.
Sunday Puzzle had none of the above edition by juliewolf
Teacher's lounge took a break, but a new one should be up today.
In The tutoring room, the host, algebrateacher said I challenge Obama and the Teacher's catch 22 by algebrateacher. (Remember that DKU is also a sort of weekend annex to the tutoring room).
Thursday health series - I think there was one, but I can't find it. please use the teaching tag!
Welcome New Users was about Sunday what's for dinner? by ek hornbeck
WGLB Presents asked stereotype by GLBT and friends (this one was mine!)
What are you reading? had the usual list by plf515
What are you working on? was about starting by jlms qkw.
What's for dinner? had a crockpot cookery by MinervainNH
Word sommelier took a break this week.
Write on! had the rules we write by by SensibleShoes
*Occasional diaries* by name of diarist
Ambrose Burnside notes that a middle school gives a leg up to its Mexican American students
Amplify your voice wondered why abstinence clowns are funded in 2010 budget, and Democrats leave $94 million for abstinence only in 2009 omnibus bill and Derek the abstinence only clown strikes back
annie em noted that teachers are being asked to work for free
Asinus Asinum Fricat tells us about junk vitamins flooding supermarkets and water and food news you can use
bmillerkitteridge has a FAQ on Cobra premium reduction
boatwright wrote about the new 'normal' at American schools
cassiodorus needs something to change your mind
Clark County Diva noted that big girls do cry
David1971 lost his 2 best students yesterday
demcatholic says that if kids are our future, we are in great hands
deoliver47 gave us some hope for the current administration and the next generation: we are not quitters
dsteffen told us how regulation came to be: The Iroquois Theater fire
geomoo asks was that a raindrop I just felt?
iampunha said yay! comparing queers to terrorists is no longer OK! sort of ....
juliewolf had a birding/photography open thread
kyril wrote about 2 causes close to my heart (math education and native American youth)
Land of Enchantment told some history of the new deal in second class citizens
leftyparent talks about inappropriate standardized testing
Linda S writes about our children and STEM (that's science, technology, engineering and math)
maggiejean noted that bigotry and hate are in the news again (and about SPLC and education)
MinistryofTruth had a proposal: $200 billion education stimulus plan
MsCitizen asked our public schools are broken, how do we fix them? and the slow death of public schools
NNadir wrote about replacement of chlorinated fabric bleaching with electricity: green chemistry
psychbob told of victory in the culture wars part 1, abstinence only and Gov. Palin
ruthcalabria told us how to talk to a creationist pedophile
sgoya had some good news for education?, and asked what does education reform look like?
sheddhead has lovely photos of Arizona Jewels - birds
Sprinkles noted that Gov. Rell wants to dismantle successful education
ThinkitThrough said schools aren't broken
tohi says let's talk about sex!
turing wrote against teachers' unions
Urtica diocia gracilis noted that rez charter schools need calculators
usreeb noted that 2,500 languages are endangered
vladislaw continues to write about space with ballooning on Mars, calls for space traffic regulations, lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin - to Obama, and space solar crowd betting on Obama, and Obama administration needs $18.7 billion for NASA
Winter Rabbit wrote about American Indians, Hollywood, and Stereotypes, and noted that the head of BIA apologized for genocide, he also has a petition to stop land run reenactments
wiscmass asks about job loss resources
yuriwho writes about nuclear fusion reactors that produce energy and no bad stuff