My Tweets
I love being able to measure this. These are the most popular links followed from my Twitter feed over the last 30 days, with a few provisos. It only includes links I inserted in posts after shortening with ow.ly. So links I left in their original form or which were re-tweeted as shortened by someone else, are not included.
This blog entry by Chris Bowers for Open Left summarizes exactly where the debate and likelihood for passage on the public option stands at this moment.
In addition, there is a report that summarizes the likely vote count as of this moment should a bill reconciling the House and Senate bill come up for a vote right now.
Another issue the site is covering is the referendum in Maine on gay marriage, and an update on the Vote No on 1 Campaign in Maine is provided by Andrew Davey.
Both of these votes are going to be nail biters, I think.
Liberal Education Today has published a brief piece I wrote about the integration of service learning programs and study abroad programs.
The post gives examples of study abroad programs with a service learning component at Sewanee: the University of the South, Luther College and Pitzer College that allow students to work with microfinance programs in South Asia, impoverished communities in Cape Town, and vaccine development programs in Botswana. In each case the the service learning component provides experiential learning as students engage important social issues.
Read more at Liberal Education Today: “What Function for Study Abroad? Service Learning in International Studies Programs.”
Liberal Education Today (LET) is a blog reporting on emerging technologies relevant to higher education. It is maintained by Bryan Alexander and engages topics including pedagogy, copyright, libraries, media services, social software and other developments in educational technology and liberal education.