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.
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.
*Regular series* - by title of series
A delicate balance is up to part 4 by LaFeminista. (from 10/25)
Admiral Naismith's book post (from 11/2)
Black Kos had Tuesday's chile (from 12/15) and Week in Review (from 12/18) by Black Kos (I am not sure what is going on with this series .... )
Bookflurries asked about challenge books for 2010 by cfk
Books by kossacks by sarahnity (from 11/24)
Brothers and Sisters said we are our brothers' keepers
Chronic Tonic said Happy New Year! by Chronic Tonic.
Computer help desk had open thread by AlyoshaKaramazov. from 12/7.
Considered Forthwith was about the House foreign affairs committee by Casual Wednesday (from 10/18).
Constitution Wednesday is up to Federalist 21 by docstymie (from 11/4)
Dawn chorus birdblog had chickadee-dee-dee by lineatus (from 12/20)
This looks like a series so I will move it up here
DK Greenroots was about water charity - a good news story by Patric Juillet
FAQ forum by dmsilev (from 12/2)
First Amendment Friday* by Something the Dog Said (from 9/25).
Free food foraging has RonV stalking the wild blue cohosh
Friday evening photoblogging had all that jazz (from 10/2) by dmsilev, but Eddie C asks what happened to photoblogging? I've got some photos (from 12/5)
Friday night at the movies had Israel: For better or worse (from 12/18)
Frugal Fridays says it's tax time hosted by sarahnity. (from 12/18)
Fundamental understanding of mathematics is back to Saturdays and is on week 46 by Orinoco
Garden blogging with Frankenoid
Got a happy story had 24th anniversary edition by teacherken
GUS: Gave up smoking diaries had 16 diaries for people who are giving up smoking.
Hadrian's forum discussed Rome's descent into political violence by EmperorHadrian (from 10/15)
History for Kossacks was about pagan Christmas by Unitary Moonbat (from 12/20)
Home repair hosted by SMHRB
How regulation came to be is about toy safety by dsteffen
Indians 101 was about American Indians and European royalty by Ojibwa.
The inoculation project is about math and science in red state schools by hyperbolic pants explosion (from 12/18)
Know your cabinet level appointments had DOJ Part 1 by Something the Dog Said (from 10/8).
Komposers for Kossacks had Maurice Ravel by droogie6655321 (from 11/11)
Let's read a book together read the prologue to Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention from Fire to Freud by Peter Watson, tomorrow, we will read chapter 1, about prehistory and the first human idea. I hope you'll join us!
Macca's meatless Monday is starting over by beach babe in FL
The Mad Logophile had obscure and interesting words by Purple Priestess (from 11/29)
Marine Life Series was about Sargassum fish by Mark H. (from 11/20).
Morning Feature had its usual great collection
Nurse Kelley sez tell me a story by KellyRN2.
Painting palooza with boran2
Parenting diary has been renamed, see below. http://www.dailykos.com/... by elisa (a new one later today)
Pique the geek was a day late and a topic short by Translator.
Prehistoric weekly had spinosaur feeding by Username4242. (from 12/19)
RaceTalk was talking about race
Saturday night losers club had a Boxing Day edition hosted by chingchongchinaman
Saturday night UFOria had death of a legend by two roads (from 11/7)
Parenting is the subject of Saturday open thread by elisa (from 12/19, a new one later today)
Science Saturday had the year and decade in science from Neon Vincent
Science tidbits by possum
Sci Tech Thursday had Christmas eve edition by palantir (from 12/25)
Soupin it up with Sped was about African soups by spedwybabs.
Sunday Puzzle had a few leftovers by Nova Land
Sunday Train noted why the CEI is intrinsically broken, and how to fix it by BruceMcF
Tales from the larder was about best and worst foods, trends of the decade by Patric Juillet
Teacher's lounge was about teaching time vs testing/other time by mommyof3. (from 12/12) A new one should be up later today. Update [2010-1-2 9:43:12 by plf515]:] and [here it is about Dickens and ESL.
This week in space goes in search of new earths by NellaSelim
Training Tuesday with DFA was about getting through the bureaucracy by SumOfChange (from 12/15)
A new series (at least to me) weekend science is about how to harvest solar power with Earthly black holes by AKMask.
Welcome New Users discussed trusted user status by LaughingPlanet (from 12/10)
WGLB Presents had Downs award for championing democracy in libraries by GLBT and friends
What are you reading? had the usual list by plf515.
What's for dinner? vegetarian peanut noodle salad by Cordelia Lear (from 12/19).
WHEE: Weight, health, eating and exercise had 10 diaries diaries on Weight, health, eating, and exercise.
Write on! said Happy New Year! by Sensible Shoes.
*Occasional diaries* - by author
cabaretic has a new year's resolution for activists
chparadise notes [lessons learned from "Half the Sky" http://www.dailykos.com/... (part 1) and part 2
citisven says that not all things medieval are backwards
Colorado is the shiznit needs some new music
deoliver47 notes some connections in Ashura = Hosay Caribbean connection to Iran
dirkster42 reviews the book Gaia and God
dkfennell says and now, on to education!
gjohnsit writes about tea parties and the whitewashing of the American revolution
greywolfe359 has trains of thought part one: Train time
KAMuston writes about the mystery of the Mary Celeste and Mr. Lynch's law
Keith Pickering discusses a new efficient renewable energy cycle
Laughing Planet reviews Jon Krakauer's book Where men win glory: The odyssey of Pat Tillman
leftyparent is saying goodbye to a decade
luizmendoza discusses people power and how to use it
marykk discusses what it means to have a good fund of general knowledge
plf515 has thoughts on privilege
Rian Fike offered a big bag o' eye candy: Pagoda and a plea
Sir Fuzz gets into history with chicken without a head: The GOP then and now
Stranded Wind has the year in stranded wind
terryhallinan offers real hope for the planet in the new year