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Category Archives: information
Top Ten Reasons to Visit Your Local Library
This blog was originally published in 2013! But I am putting it out again because I want us to support our libraries more now than ever! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to be a librarian or manage … Continue reading
Ten Reasons You Should Be Reading
Reading makes you more knowledgeable and sharpens your analytical skills. The Atlantic did a study proving that reading a novel actually changes your brain. Continue reading
Posted in concentration, critical thinking, information, Learning, reading, self development, speed reading
Tagged Alzheimer's disease, analytical skills, books, classics, creativity, empathy, imagination, knowledge, Maya Angelou, reading, speed reading, speedreading, telepathy, This Week, vocabulary, writing
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Dispatch Column: Repetition Creates an Illusion of Truth in our Minds
The more often we hear something, the more likely we will believe that it is true. Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, information, journalism, Listening, reading, skepticism, speed reading
Tagged advice, internet, journalism, learning, news, research
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The is about to be a copyrighted content word!
The as a content word. The Ohio State University is all in the news lately about copyrighting the word “The”. Continue reading
The is about to be a copyrighted content word!
The as a content word. The Ohio State University is all in the news lately about copyrighting the word “The”. Continue reading
Fake News Confronted by Educators, World Wide Newspapers and the Columbus Metropolitan Club.
Schools are teaching their students to investigate the news they read Continue reading
Posted in conversation, critical thinking, education, family, high schools, holidays, information, informed decision making, journalism, Learning, newspapers, reading classes, schools, skepticism, speed reading, teachers, writing
Tagged Checkology, Columbus Metropolitan Club, internet, journalism, news, News Literacy Project, politics, research, The Columbus Dispatch, The Nation, The Seattle Times
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The Nation Article on Avoiding Fake News From Bangkok
I read this article when teaching a class in Bangkok for the USAID. I enjoyed reading the English version of the papers in the hotel lobby. This column in the The Nation by Suthichai Yoon started with: Thais got a taste of what “fake” news can do to you recently when Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, educated, education, high schools, information, reading, schools, skepticism, speed reading, writing
Tagged Collumbus Metropolitan Club, Education, internet, journalism, news, politics, reading, research, The Nation, The News Literacy Project, USAID, writing
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Reward Your Students for their A’s with Advanced Reading Concepts Speed Reading Plus™ as an investment in a lifetime of successes.
10 Ways Gifted/A+ Students Can Benefit From Speed Reading Continue reading
Fake News Precedes Us
Peter Hancock, a psychologist at the University of Central Florida has “alternative artifacts” and in his new book “Hoax Springs Eternal: the psychology of cognitive deception,” he shows why some hoaxes are more successful than others. Continue reading
News you can use: Infographic walks you through 10 questions to detect fake News
From ASCD Smart News via the Seattle Times: News you can use: Infographic walks you through 10 questions to detect fake News: Ten questions for fake news Peter Adams, the senior vice president for educational programs at NLP, said the worksheet … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, e-Reading, education, high schools, information, reading, reading assignments, schools, speed reading, teaching, writing
Tagged ASCD, Checkology, fake news, internet, news, NLP, poetry, politics, Stanford, The Seattle Times
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Advanced Reading Concepts
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