A lot of good teaching goes on at dailyKos. But a lot of it doesn't get read by everyone who wants to read it, because diaries scroll by so fast.
This series is about diaries that teach and about things you want to learn. Could be any subject - an academic subject, a skill, a hobby, almost anything - but not diaries that simply inform, or it would include all of daily kos.
I will also include diaries about teaching and education, but, this week, I did not include diaries that are just about the stupidity of cutting education from the stimulus plan
DKU also offers tutoring in whatever we can. I can cover statistics and some math; others know other subjects. Please ask questions or volunteer answers (or both, of course).
What I do is, each week, search for the tags 'teaching', 'learning', and 'education' and go through jotter's lists and the diary rescue for diaries that teach. Then I'll post the list, with perhaps some brief comment, and open the floor to people who want to learn something specific.
You can help me by tagging diaries with 'teaching' or 'learning' or 'education' when you see diaries that merit those tags, by reminding me of what I've missed, by recommending this diary, and by commenting.
I divide the list into "Regular series" and "Occasional diaries"
*Regular series* - by title of series
Admiral Naismith's book post will be back next month
Alternative Medicine took a break this week, I'm not sure if this will be a regular series.
Autism diaries took a break this week.
cfk was working on a borrowed computer, so Bookflurries was on a wing and a .....
Books by kossacks by sarahnity
Campaigning 101 took a break this week
Chronic Tonic had you can get there from here: the promised land of remission by Chronic Tonic.
Classical Economics is back with the right of subsistence and natural rights theory
Considered Forthwith is about the Armed Services committees by Casual Wednesday
Constitution Wednesday is up to federalist 16 by docstymie
cook for good took a break this week.
Cooking with AAF is done until the fall.
Dawn chorus moved to Sunday and had urban red tailed hawks by BirderWitch
The depressed kitchen took a break this week.
Dinosaur of the week had giganotosaurus and feathered dinosaurs by Username4242
There were six dkos chess tournament diaries by SuperBowlXX and theCid
The dkos travel board took took a break this week. If you want to write for this series, contact LaughingPlanet.
FAQ forum with dmsilev
First Amendment Friday looked at Nebraska press assoc. vs. Stuart by Something the Dog Said
Fitness Monday took a break this week
Free food foraging has foraging and other ways to eat locally by Wide Eyed Lib
Friday evening photoblogging had enter the dragon, paddling by dmsilev
Friday night at the movies was about Jack Cardiff
Friday philosophy was scanning the GLBT news by rserven.
Frugal Fridays had the psychology of money by sarahnity
Fundamental understanding of mathematics is now in week 25 by Orinoco, a new one should be up soon.
Garden blogging with guest host blue jersey mom
Got a happy story by Yasuragi
GUS: Gave up smoking diaries had 20 diaries for people who are giving up smoking.
Hadrian's forum took a break this week.
Healthy minds in healthy bodies had hiking with car eating marmots
History for Kossacks took a break this week.
Home repair hosted by SMHRB
How a woman becomes a Goddess is back with Brigid by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
How regulation came to be took a break this week.
Iron Chef Kos took a break this week
Komposers for Kossacks had Domenico Scarlatti by droogie6644321 and Sergei Rachmaninoff by SuperBowlXX
Let's read a book together read guns, germs and steel: Chapter 2 by plf515
Macca's meatless Monday noted that it was one year ago today (that MMM started) by beach babe in FL
The Mad Logophile took a break this week.
Marine Life Series took a break this week.
Marketing 101 took a break this week.
Morning Feature had several diaries that fit here:
streaming into success
what are the odds?
socializing into success
and
flipping the script
by NCrissieB
Organic gardening took a break this week.
Painting palooza with boran2
Parenting diary by Elisa, a new one should be up later today.
Pique the geek was about phlogiston: the perfect theory of combustion in the 18th century by Translator.
Saturday night losers club had a typos edition hosted by chingchongchinaman
Saturday night UFOria had anatomy of an explanation: Astronomical (part 3) by two roads
Science Saturday had an Asian solar eclipse edition from Neon Vincent
Science tidbits by possum
Sunday Puzzle is on vacation
Sunday scavengers club took a break this week.
Teacher's lounge is on summer vacation.
This week in space had Apollo redux by NellaSelim
Thursday health series has we lost an angel, a tribute to drchelo
Tutoring room took a break this week.
Weekly Physics took a break this week.
Welcome New Users took a break this week.
WGLB Presents was about curing the variants edition by GLBT and friends
What are you reading? had the usual list by plf515.
What are you working on? is back with on the road and in the air by jlms qkw
What's for dinner? had trolling for tomatoes by RLMiller and Swiss steak, with a nod to vegans by Translator
WHEE: Weight, health, eating and exercise had 14 diaries diaries on Weight, health, eating, and exercise.
Wine Regions will be back in August.
Write on! has where do you start? by SensibleShoes
Yat cuisine took a break this week
*Occasional diaries* by name of diarist
All that Jazz wrote about NCLB on steorids
bkamr had a teacher's view of cell phones at school
Crashing Vor asked how to K.I.S.S.
Deoliver47 wrote about Black history, the Obamas, and the Vineyard's Oak Bluffs and had [thoughts on abolishing "race" http://www.dailykos.com/...
Eddie C had some more great photos in to be back on the high line again
healthy wrote about a news story about sexual offenders, and what boys should learn in sex education class
jocoshow said that the Hawaii DOE wants to isolate and restrain my child
johnmav has finished the Obama civil rights poster
phil in Denver wrote about living with autism/Asperger's
proseandpromise writes about radical politicians socialize a thriving private industry (but the radicals were Republicans and the industry was education)
SenecaDoane had the fatalistic approach to passing the bar exam
sgoya wrote about cell phones: the new calculators and the ugly flip side of meritocracy
StateOfGrace wrote my affirmative action diary
teacherken had an important video on education, and now that the Wise health fair is over and education: what is wrong with this picture?
TheRain wrote about the messy question of teacher quality
Troubadour had technology notes from a night in the hospital