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
New this week, we are allied with the tutoring room by algebrateacher and will offer 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' 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
2009 get fit challenge is a new series by drbloodaxe. This was week 1
Bookflurries was about light in winter, brought to you by cfk
Dawn chorus has bird calls by lineatus
The dkos travel board was about colonial Mexico by TKwow (we need volunteers for this series .... )
FAQ forum took a break this week
Feminisms, which seems to be intermittent right now, asks What is privilege?
Friday Constitutional was about article 4 relationships between the states by Something the Dog Said
Friday night at the movies was about best and worst movies of 2008 (EVER) by LithiumCola
Frugal Fridays discussed frugal new year's resolutions guest hosted by 1864 House
Garden blogging hosted by Frankenoid
Godel, Escher, Bach got into the meat of the book with chapter 1 and three part invention
Got a happy story had a back to the future and 3 stooges edition, by sobermom
Green Jobs took a break this week
Hadrian's forum had the Roman Republic's prop 8 by Emperor Hadrian
Healthy minds in healthy bodies had resolutions by indigoblueskies
History for Kossacks took a break this week
Home repair with claude
Intro to Motorized Bikes took a break (will it resume?)
Iron Chef Kos was about alcohol by LunkHead
Is our children learning? took a break this week
Macca's meatless Monday had I love stew! by beach babe in FL
Marine Life Series took a break this week.
Painting palooza with boran2
Pique the geek took a break this week
Saturday night losers club had a 2008 loser of the year edition by chingchongchinaman
Saturday night UFOria took a break this week
Science Saturday had a year end edition from Neon Vincent
Science tidbits Monday by possum.
Sunday Puzzle was back with long hair and big grins edition (it even included a puzzle I submitted)
Tales from the larder took a break this week (is this going to resume?)
Teacher's lounge took a break this week
The tutoring room is a great new series by algebrateacher, I hope it takes off, both there and here.
Welcome New Users by ek hornbeck
WGLB Presents had great moments in GLBT cinema by GLBT and friends
What are you reading? had year in review by plf515
What are you working on? took a break this week
What's for dinner? had a party! by fireflynow
*Occasional diaries* by name of diarist
Asinus Asimum Fricat goes back to the French revolution in lobster thermidor - not a food diary; he also told us that melamine trials in China (are) a farce and he has water news and a word on middle east water rights
AtlantaJan offers a grammar and punctuation primer for Kossacks
Avenging Angel notes that a study shows teens unfaithful to virginity pledges
BFSkinner has advice for anyone who ever has to go into the hospital
BKChicago asks (and answers) why waste your child's time learning math and science?
bonddad had two diaries on the Great Depression part 1 and part II
Cassiodorus is looking at that change.org site on education
Deoliver47 offers black eyed peas for new year's and tells us why everyone should study slavery
Dirty D shows us how Republicans once again demonstrate how not to poll
Dragonchild tells what happens when Romeo and Juliet meet Doki and Nabi
DrDoolittle tells us about industrial agriculture 2009: Fertilizer use
Eddie C says happy new year! Have a year of sunsets
Ellinorianne wrote about talking to kids about poverty
FrankCornish gives us a history of the middle east in let's start by getting the basic timeline (note that I/P diaries would, in general, not be part of DKU; but this is history)
gjohnsit tells us about le commune: war revolution and siege
gladkov talks about parenting and being a family in a normal family on a normal flight (oh, BTW, the family has two dads)
JohnnyRook recommends a brilliant new book (that) teaches you how to evaluate sustainable energy claims, and told us that high clouds linked to storms and rainfall (are) increasing because of global warming
juliewolf gives us more of her great light drawings in New Year's day: Est veritas lux. She also discussed what Asch tells us about conformity.
Kevin Miles tells us why USD259 must do more to maintain equity and diversity in the district
mole333 tells us about places where school is downright dangerous, when the Taliban declare jihad on .... little girls (ironic that 'taliban' means 'students')
Navy Vet Terp says happy 135th birthday, Al Smith
NChrissieB offers an interesting take on entropy, the recession, and Gaza
New aeon for change tells us I'm going to be a military mom; she also has some thoughts on sharing metaphysical experiences
niaman discusses the expression them that can do, them that can't teach
palantir says welcome to the international year of astronomy
Red Sox remembers Claiborne Pell who, among other things, was a champion of education.
rserven has Mulligan stew
sgoya opines that, in education money makes no difference
Stuart Heady asks (and answers) why remember Wounded Knee?
teacherken tells us about education and reformers - a look at Michelle Rhee and DC schools; he also tells us that Obama pledges schools upgrade in stimulus plan
UNCCTF tells us of a teacher's new year's resolution
Wattree asks when is being cool too cool to survive