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What do Jon Stewart, Lou Reed, John Oliver, Kristen Schaal, and Mike Birbiglia have in common (beside being hilarious and wonderful)?

May 16, 2011 jenbokoffLeave a comment

They’re doing great work with Story Pirates, a school arts program that works on creative writing through sketch comedy. I’m a huge fan.What do Jon Stewart, Lou Reed, John Oliver, Kristen Schaal, and Mike Birbiglia have in common (beside being hilarious and wonderful)?

Social Media in the Classroom? Cool.

May 16, 2011 jenbokoffLeave a comment

I appreciate the efforts of teachers to incorporate different learning styles in the classroom. I definitely think it is still important (and, arguably, a dying art) to communicate effectively and thoughtfully ‘in person’, but communicating effectively and naturally via social media is important too. I’d love to be a fly on the wall (or, on… Continue reading Social Media in the Classroom? Cool.

April 29, 2011April 13, 2014 jenbokoffLeave a comment

Can’t believe I never saw Donald in Mathemagicland until tonight. Also can’t believe that I first saw it at an Aladdin sing-along at a bar.(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

March 31, 2011April 13, 2014 jenbokoffLeave a comment

1) Robotics competitions are awesome (yes, from experience). 2) I’m a sucker for great overcoming-the-odds stories like this. 3) I’m rooting for Team It Takes A Village to go all the way!

March 31, 2011April 13, 2014 jenbokoffLeave a comment

Louder Than Words of the Day: A Westport Junior High student named Alye Pollack, who says she’s been bullied every day since the sixth grade, has taken to YouTube to express her misery by remaining poignantly silent. In “Words are worse than Sticks and Stones,” a video reminiscent of the visuals for Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick… Continue reading

American Women: We’ve come so far, and still have places to go.

March 11, 2011 jenbokoffLeave a comment

American Women: We've come so far, and still have places to go.

Well, this makes sense.

March 1, 2011 jenbokoffLeave a comment

Well, this makes sense.

This should tick you off. Do something about it.

February 23, 2011 jenbokoffLeave a comment

Planned Parenthood might lose all of it’s federal funding thanks to Representative Mike Pence and his entirely illogical cohorts. Even if you are against abortions, Planned Parenthood does so much more than that. In fact, that’s only 3% of their services. More than 2/3 of services are providing contraception and doing STD screenings and treatment.… Continue reading This should tick you off. Do something about it.