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
A big Thank You to the diary rescue team, who helped find a lot of stories I would have missed. Please keep it up!
What I do is, each week, search for the tags 'teaching' and 'learning' and go through jotter's lists 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' 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
Bookflurries was about waves, brought to you by cfk
Dawn chorus is about Harriers by lineatus
FAQ forum hosted by dmsilev
Friday Constitutional was about article one, sections 5 and 6 by Something the Dog Said
Friday night at the movies took a break this week
Frugal Fridays was about Black Friday hosted by sarahnity (BF is the day after Thanksgiving)
Garden blogging hosted by Frankenoid
Got a happy story had a Tinkering edition, by sobermom
Hadrian's forum was about pirates and Rome's war on terror by Emperor Hadrian
History for Kossacks took a break this week
Home repair guest hosted by CodeTalker
Iron Chef Kos was about chicken by LunkHead
Is our children learning? took a break this week
Macca's meatless Monday returns with a diary on soup by beach babe in FL
Marine Life Series was about the dumbo octopus by Mark H
Math Mania is on hiatus until I have some more ideas .... if any of you have things you want me to cover, or things you want to write about, let me know.
Painting palooza with boran2
Pique the geek was about cooking utensil chemistry hosted by Translator
Saturday night UFOria was about 1947 by two roads
Science Saturday had an first exoplanets imaged edition from Neon Vincent
Sunday Puzzle took a break this week
The left wing took a break this week
Thursday Health Series was about a perspective from inside the health care industry by CPT Doom
Today in History took a break this week
Welcome New Users took a break this week
WGLB Presents had the myth of marriage by GLBT and friends
What are you reading? had Discworld by plf515
What are you working on? took a break this week
What's for dinner? was all about crepes by Translator
Word of the week took a break this week
Yat Cuisine took a break this week
*Occasional diaries* by name of diarist
Asinus Asinum Fricat told us why the obesity epidemic is bad news for economic recovery and gave us the skinny on fatty foods
Chloris Creator had a series of very informative diaries on saving energy:
Work and the office
windows
insulation
driving and transportation
vacation
lighting
(and links to earlier diaries are in each diary)
crowbar317 told about his/her community college experience
dmsilev photoblogged about flying saucers
dsgood gave us some science before it hits the papers
gmoke told us about solar air heater workshop
Haole in Hawaii has birds of Hawaii
jimstaro asks are wingnuts Christian?
Johnny Rook had a series of diaries on climaticide:
Ocean cooling: A science lesson for denialists/delayers
Alpine glaciers in full retreat
Lack of radioactivity in Himalayan ice cores bodes ill for millions
juliewolf wrote this diary is for the birds
justiceleague wrote about social networking: not just for big ticket elections
marykk told us about racism and a teachable moment
m3 noted that today is transgender day of remembrance
New England Liberal Elitist talked about taking on tenure in the public schools
OrangeClouds115 lost her virginity to a conservative Republican (this is a series! OC115 has multiple virginities :-))
plf515 had a diary on carbon eating rock
rserven notes that she and others are real people
SoCalHobbit told us about human perception
StanMO compared Lincoln and Obama
The Baculum King said you've seen it before, read it again dammit!
Translator gave some holiday travel safety tips
WayBeyondSoccerMom asked middle school children a question, and came up with A Whale to Swallow Obama
Winter Rabbit, in somewhat controversial diaries, asks us to rescind the Wounded Knee medals of DisHonor, and, tells us about the massacre for which Thanksgiving is named; in a less controversial diary, he noted that Tyra Banks confronts racism against Native Americans