Category: politics
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Podcast449: Innovating with Google Tools – Digital Citizenship in the Security State
Welcome to the November 20, 2016, podcast episode of “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” with Wesley Fryer. This episode includes two recent presentation recordings by Wes from the last two weeks. The first was the opening keynote at the November 12, 2016, Google Summit in Maize, Kansas, titled “Innovating with Google Tools.” The second is…
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Staying On Message in the Classroom After the Election
While Trump supporters celebrate the electoral outcome, many others are looking around and asking, “What just happened and why? What do we do now, and what do we say to our children?” In this post, I’ll explore how educators can “stay on message” in the classroom to both inspire and empower students to be informed,…
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Using 8 Bit Games and Humor to Present Serious Political Messages
The website and political game project “GOP Arcade” (@GOParcade) offers telling insights into not only the issues of the 2016 election in the United States, but also the ways media and gaming can be used to influence voters and communicate serious political messages. The site features 8 bit online games (that means they have very…
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A Transformed Political Culture in Oklahoma #transformOK #OklaEd
In Oklahoma, our elected officials need our support to pass legislation which will change our tax code and provide adequate funding not only for our public schools but also for a variety of important social services. Our legislative session is almost over, and legislators have not taken steps to address the budget shortfall for next year…
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Oklahoma Education Budget Cuts Affecting Classen School of Advanced Studies
We are facing drastic budget cuts for public education in the state of Oklahoma this year. These cuts are not caused exclusively by declining global prices for oil and gas. Tax cuts and tax credits sustained and increased by our legislators have and continue to play a major role in this crisis. When the price of…
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Glimpsing the Future with Alec Ross
The World Affairs Council podcast (@world_affairs) is one of my current favorites. As a fan of political science, history, international relations, global geo-politics as well as science and technology trends, it’s a home run for me. The guests they have on their programs are top notch. Like TEDtalks, it’s amazing we can access such high…
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Thoughts on Media Control and Free Speech Limits
I can’t blog what I want to passionately articulate this evening, for reasons I am not at liberty to publicly share. I will, therefore, attempt to satiate my expressive desires by sharing two quotations I’ve made into shareable images using Canva. Canva is a powerful tool I learned about in January from my friend Cyndi. The first thought is…
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Inspired by Bernie Sanders and Democratic Socialism
Like many U.S. voters today, I’ve been largely unimpressed and uninspired by most of the news I’ve read and heard about our 2016 Presidential candidates. One exception to this was the short-lived candidacy of Larry Lessig. This evening, however, I took an hour to watch the November 19, 2015, address by Bernie Sanders at Georgetown…
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Industrial Farms, Cheaper Food & Healthy Eating
I found the following statistics from Michael Specter’s recent article, “Freedom from Fries,” in The Atlantic thought provoking: Fast food has become a synonym for bad food. Yet, the industrial farm system that has made it possible for McDonald’s and many other chains to sell cheeseburgers for a dollar has also enabled Americans to spend…