In “A Champion of Information Literacy,” William Badke tells us about a former student of his who had left the print world behind. In the article, Badke replays his discussion with the student:
“Student A, mind you, was not simply dumbing down to a Google search, grabbing the first three results and using them willy-nilly. No, [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Google Books Now, Yeah!
Posted in collaboration, education, higher education, internet, media, technology, tagged Books, education, Google, internet, media, technology on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Banned Books Week (A Day No Pigs Would Die)
Posted in A Day No Pigs Would Die, Banned, Book, Books, Farm, Freedom of Speech, Pastoral, Robert Newton Peck, Slaughter, Vegetarian, Vermont, Young Adult, banned books, censorship, literature, novel, tagged A Day No Pigs Would Die, Banned, Banned Book, banned books, Book, Books, censorship, Farm, fiction, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, novel, Pastoral, Pig, Robert Newton Peck, Slaughter, Vermont, Young Adult on October 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You could probably label me and my wife (and by extension, my son too) as flexitarians. We eat mostly a vegetarian diet, but make allowances in certain situations (for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons). Why are we flexitarians? Well, partly, to save money. Partly, for health reasons. Mostly, though, I (and, I would guess my [...]
Banned Books Week (and tango makes three?)
Posted in Book, Books, Freedom of Speech, and tango makes three, banned books, censorship, democracy, education, tagged ALA, and tango makes three, Banned, banned books, Banned Books Week, Book, Books, censorship, Samantha Bee, the Daily Show on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Most Challenged Book of 2006…quick, what was it?
One of the Harry Potter books?
No.
Something from the His Dark Materials Trilogy?
No.
Animal Farm? The Anarchist’s Cookbook? The Color Purple? Catch 22?
No. No. No. No.
Banned Books Week (Grapes of Wrath)
Posted in Book, Books, Freedom of Speech, Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck, banned books, media, politics, tagged banned books, Banned Books Week, BBW, Book, Books, Dirty Thirties, Dust Bowl, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, Librarians, Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday marked the beginning of the American Library Association’s 27th annual celebration of the freedom to read, more commonly known as Banned Books Week (BBW). As the ALA’s web site on BBW notes, “BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or [...]
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