Daily Kos University, vol. 68

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 am pleased to guest host this week for plf515, who will return to us soon!  

Please, if you want to learn something specific, ask in the comments and we'll work on it together!  

You, yes you, may assist in DKU by tagging diaries with "learning" or "teaching" so they are easier to find.  

In random order:
AnnieJo guest-hosted Frugal Fridays: Frugal Maintenance, so we can take care of our stuff.  And selves.  

StormBear uses pictures and words to teach us in Black History: Prison for teaching slaves to read, Black History: The Underground Railroad and Black History: The Causes of the Civil War.

Mark H brings sea creatures to life in Marine Life Series: Squid Egg Mops.

dollparty discusses the intersection of fundamentalism and science in Teach Creationism in Science Class.

Shane Hensinger analyzes International Law and the War in Iraq, and comes up with answer of "Illegal."  (I hope I didn't spoil any surprise.)

Asinus Asinum Fricat shares his vast culinary knowledge in The Obscene Scam that is Food Flavorings.  He also clues us in about water in a pair of diaries:  The Other Blue Revolution We Should Be Having and Precious Water: Mixed News Roundup on Earth Day.

gjohnsit brings us Lessons from another forgotten American occupation, so we can learn what our country has done.  

Ruben Salazar uses the Passover to think about education in The Four Children of the Classroom (Is Our Children Learning?).

NoMoreLies teaches us how to improve our lawns in Landscaping as if Water Mattered.

plf515 digests a complicated book and explains Gaming the vote - a book review and intro to voting theory (with poll).

mole333 shares his perspective on The Truth Behind Passover?

Adiamante directly deals with teaching and education in Testing Mania in Full Swing.  teacherken brings the news of how failures in public education will adversely affect democracy in Democracy at Risk: education.  dolfin66 shares reality on the school ground in Saving Public Schools.

I briefly discussed :-)  workout clothing in Fitness Monday: Misc. Topics, w/Poll!.  

Unitary Moonbat enlightens us the middle east (again) in History for Kossacks: Iran and the Ayatollahs.

Nova Land took a turk at hosting  Sunday Puzzle -- send in the subs! to help us keep our brains sharp.  

Neon Vincent opens with chaos theory in Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Butterfly Effect Edition).  

mariachi mama teaches us a better way to feed ourselves, and others share recipes too, in What's For Dinner:Mexico.

blmiller let us know that our children (or ourselves) may not be getting the education we are paying for in Adjunct faculty grow, but how are students to know?

Dcoronata teaches us about Manhattan birds in Spring Migration #2: Watching Dinosaurs.

cfk discusses Bookflurries: Bookchat: Madness of Atlantis.

dmsilev hosts the weekly FAQ Forum.

Dallasdoc fills us in on Friday Night at the Movies: Happy Days! Movies of the Fifties.

Saturday Morning Quad:  
Frankenoid Saturday Morning Garden Blogging, Vol. 4.10.

claude hosts Saturday Morning Home Repair blogging 2.37.

boran2 shares art and its development in Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.142.

lineatus brings music to our ears in Dawn Chorus Birdblog: The Dawn Chorus.

Earth Day had a number of eco-oriented diaries with much to learn in them, and some of them had some teaching too.  I think my list is long enough this morning, and I am going to save those for another diary.