August 26, 2018
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In his TED talk, Salman Khan talked about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula. There is no doubt that Salman Khan spotted the potential of video for instruction and much more. As a tourist destination for many years,…
August 25, 2018
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Philippe Max Rouja is the Custodian of Historic Wrecks for the Islands of Bermuda. The Bermuda Government worker was recently featured on CNN this past July. One of the things that stood out from the breathtaking reminders of our island’s underwater magnificence were his words of encouragement. Philippe believes that…
November 4, 2017
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Trying to fit History teaching pedagogy into small quotes is often problematic. I recently was confronted with this situation while reading a newspaper article. The piece, published in the Guardian Newspaper was written by British journalist Janet Street-Porter. For those not familiar with Ms. Porter, it would not be contentious…