I have a deep love for the "Quentin Tarantino carves a turkey sketch" from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which, incidentally, is never shown on screen).
It's an advanced class in writing comedy, writing violence, and the role of the audience's imagination in storytelling.
Is that on any platforms right now or do you have a physical copy? I watched it round when it came out and I remember absolutely loving the way that Perry and that other guy portrayed their deep abiding friendship. I went in looking for treachery and it was the opposite and it was great.
I tried to find it a while back and failed, it is a felony that 30 Rock persisted with the blackface and whatnot while this fizzled. FELONY.
@ShaulaEvans@writing prevailing opinion seems to be that show was a terrible misfire; my wife and I absolutely loved it and were really disappointed when it got cancelled
#EndlessNight (2022, Belgium, on Netflix) also reminds me in a way of #Flatliners: a group of friends break a medical taboo of "forbidden knowledge" and chaos ensues. Is this a horror subgenre and does it have a name? Or is it all just a variation on the Prometheus & Genesis stories?
My cousin may be going abroad next year as an ESL teacher. She has studied languages herself but doesn't have ESL teacher training. She has expressed an interest in reading some good books on language teaching & ESL teaching specifically to get prepared.
Can anyone in #teaching circles recommend good books on how to teach ESL that have practical, actionable advice for a smart, educated, motivated aspiring teacher?
@ShaulaEvans@edutooters@bookstodon My daughter Nissa, the family linguistics nerd, suggests "While We're On the Topic: BVP on Language, Acquisition, and Classroom Practice" by Bill VanPatten as a good place to start
There's a free webcast tonight from the National Humanities Center on Public Health Literacy that might interest many of you:
Beyond “Just Follow the Science”: Concepts and Tools for Teaching Public Health Literacy in the Classroom, led by historian Nancy Tomes. Learn strategies to develop new forms of public health literacy.
Teachers, if you are looking for resources to talk with students about genocide within a safe, compassionate framework, my friends a Journeys in Film can help.
Genuine question: in light of how we've witnessed disinformation spread in the pandemic, is anyone anywhere on earth effectively addressing the digital literacy and science literacy gap?
I'd love to know about who is doing good, effective work.
"France saw the need for expanded media and internet literacy before many countries. In 2015, the deadly attack on the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo exposed a deep distrust of the media and vulnerability to conspiracy theories online.