Welcome to your 2017-2018 Academic Year!
I had a(nother) great chat with our Head of PSE, Louisa the other day, and it inspired this post (thanks, Louisa).
We teach and live in a world with more resources than ever before. Â With all we have access to, sometimes it is difficult to know where to start, what to prioritize, and how best to access the ‘grand cru’ of educational media links. Â As I write this post, I write it not to curate a definitive list, but rather to spark a conversation with you–the reader. Â My list attempts to offer you my Top Ten Favorite ‘watering holes’ online–these are the ten places I go back to week after week–gathering fuel for myself and my students. Â I’ve focused on resources which have felt the most relevant to me this year. Â Please–like Ann Powers did in her NPR piece over the summer about the top albums by women in music—debate the list, leave me a comment and feel free to e-shout at me about the resources that I missed out on.
My Top Ten Online Watering Holes for Educators:
10. Vox’s Vox Almanac Youtube Channel
What it is: Mindblowing
Where you may want to use it: Right Across the #IBDP
One of my favorite episodes:
9. Deep Look: from KQED and PBS
What it is: A Scientist’s Delight
Where you may want to use it: In the Sciences or ESS
One of my favorite episodes:
8. Great Big Story
What it is: A great buffet of untold stories that you are going to want to hear more about.
Where you may want to use it: Everywhere and Anywhere
One of my favorite episodes:
7. Today I Found Out
What it is: Bizarre and fun.
Where you may want to use it: Great for start of class/meeting provocation
One of my favorite episodes:
6. The School Of Life
What it is: All the stuff you wish you knew when you were a teen
Where you may want to use it:Â Excellent for PSE, mentoring of anyone
One of my favorite episodes:
5. ASAPScience
What it is: A weekly show bound to get you hooked on Science
Where you may want to use it: Â Theory of Knowledge, ESS
One of my favorite episodes:
4. The Infographics Show
What it is: Gorgeous Information
Where you may want to use it: Â Any Humanities course, occasional links with Language and Literature
One of my favorite episodes:
3. The Economist’s Youtube Channel
What it is: Bound to make you strike up fabulous lunch table conversations
Where you may want to use it: Â across the curriculum
One of my favorite episodes:
2. The Guardian’s VR Playlist
What it is: Youtube journalism at it’s best
Where you may want to use it: Â across the curriculum
One of my favorite episodes:
1. Slate Magazine’s Youtube Channel
What it is: The stuff that will keep you awake at night with wonder
Where you may want to use it: Â great for PSE, Global Perspectives
One of my favorite episodes: