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. 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. As I write this post, I write it not to curate a definitive list, but rather to spark a conversation with you–the reader. 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. I’ve focused on resources which have felt the most relevant to me this year. 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: great for PSE, Global Perspectives
One of my favorite episodes: