Featuring Shanna Wheelock of Lubec

While at the Lubec School I met Shanna Wheelock who has taken the initiative of using Google Apps for Education in her art classes. I found out also that Shanna has an excellent blog called the Easternmost Potter in the United States which speaks to her work both in school and beyond the classroom. Fascinating reading grounded in reality.


Check out, as well, these pages:

We Support Lubec High School.
Lubec Arts Alive 2010

Her husband also blogs on poetry, politics and philosophy at Owl Who Laughs.

The Story of Stuff

Politics and the Classroom

"Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving . . . conflict is a "sine qua non" of reflection and ingenuity. " ~ John Dewey, 1922.

There is an excellent discussion on Wicked Decent Learning this week on the issues of discussing controversial topics in the classroom. Let Jeff & Dan spark your thoughts on these issues . . . and then consider the questions and resources below.

Download "It's an Election Year, Kids"
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Question: Should controversial topics be part of what goes on in the classroom?

Essential Question: If so, what guidelines need to be considered?

Edutopia: Politics: Elephants, Donkeys, and Teens
Ethics Scoreboard: Professions & Institutions - Politics, Ethics and Arrogance in the Classroom
For Your Consideration: Teaching Controversial Issues
Controversial Issues in the Classroom (pdf)
Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom