Category Archives: Media
A Response to The CBC News Series on E-Learing in BC ( produced by Theresa Lalonde)
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/BC/ID=1467283984 Theresa, As a long-time teacher and e-learning veteran, I’d like to thank you for your series on online education (now called distributed learning [DL] by the Ministry of Ed. mucky-mucks). Unfortunately, many of us had a chuckle when we watched the first episode. Sorry, but the biggest problem in DL is not office privacy! […]
Olympic Fever?
With less than two months before the 2010 Olympics, I find it curious that only one person I know has Olympic tickets. Indeed, in my Fraser Valley community, there seems to be a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the Games. Many people have mentioned the high price of tickets, or the need to divulge sensitive […]
Leaving out certain details
The trouble with truth and journalism is not that the media regularly publishes falsities. It’s that it usually omits important information or emphasizes certain facts over others. Here’s an example: On August 17, 2009, the Vancouver Sun publishes an article with the headline, “Liberals funded by business, NDP by unions“. On the face of it, […]
Language Reveals Power
I’ve always been a fan of George Carlin. He was one of the first mainstream comedians to use humour against power, and there aren’t many comedians who have forced the US Supreme Court to consider laws on speech and obscenity. He was, in my mind, the great link from Lenny Bruce to present-day commentators like […]
A battle-hardened James charges on, leaving her minders behind he
By Justine Hunter From Friday’s Globe and Mail April 24, 2009 at 5:40 AM EDT … Ms. James acknowledged she is facing more pressure this time around. And she sounded frustrated that she still is confronted at every turn with the baggage of former NDP governments. “We are a long way from getting past that […]