I was helping a student today with an interest and guided her to John Greene's video blog (vlog) The VlogBrothers. There are two that I would like to share and comment on. The first is one from his "sub," Maureen Johnson, while he's on paternity leave. She's addressing dealing with differences of opinion in public conversations. The keeper line I've gleaned is. "We're just learning the language of mass discussion!." It's well worth listening to this new voice on the vlogbrothers:
I found the previous video because I was looking for the vlgbrothers and only knew to search for John Greene. I am, perhaps, not watching enough YouTube! John Greene was brilliant in the following comments about censorship of YA books in schools. (He's responding to an attempt to ban his book, "Looking for Alaska."
As we move into CCSS these are excellent examples of argumentation. Examples that we might share with students (well--probably jr/sr high students).
