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> He puts printed pictures of Mohamed on the wall, and asks students to scan them via an app. A menu of items pops up instantly: Mohamed’s Twitter feed; a 360-d
by monksy 9y ago
> He puts printed pictures of Mohamed on the wall, and asks students to scan them via an app. A menu of items pops up instantly: Mohamed’s Twitter feed; a 360-degree view of an interrogation room (meant to simulate the one Mohamed was taken to); a SoundCloud song; a quiz; a hip-hop video produced by Mr Mims.
What was this a lesson for? (My knee jerk reaction makes me feel like that was politicized.. but I don't know the full story so I won't put that out there)
- busemann 9y agoYour instinctive reaction is probably correct. Gotta get them young to indoctrinate them.
- hsod 9y agoYou just did put it out there, so why not elaborate on your reaction? What politicization are you concerned about?
- monksy 9y agoI did write it, but I stated it was a feeling I didn't have a lot of support on and admited it. Politicization: That the thing was more about "feel bad for this person/person with attribute (religion, race,etc) insert police state here." If they're teaching people to feel bad rather than think, they're teaching people to react badly.
- rconti 9y agoI'm not sure why it matters. This seems like a textbook case of meeting students where they're at. Find something to catch their attention, something they might be interested in. The detail or right/wrong don't actually matter in the context of trying to catch and keep a kid's attention. I found the rapping HTML tags to be far more cringe-worthy.
- emjoes1 9y agoWow, this was just a sad read. I found the title "Hustling 101: How to Turn Your Code into Cash" to be more cringe-worthy. Sorry but Hip-Hop music/culture is what is keeping people down.