MetaTalk posts tagged with education

Seeking an old post

snsranch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:51:52 -0800

Can anyone guide me to a post about USian education in which it was described how the POTUS met with business leaders to determine the course of public education in the U.S.? I think they were events that happened during or just after the industrial revolution.

Clueing people in about the title field and RSS?

Orb2069 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:57:35 -0800

Is it possible to reach these people about the tasty moral goodness of using the title field properly - BEFORE they hit the submit button? The one at a time approach seems counterintuitive.

AskMe mentionned in a Reddit post.

growabrain — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:25:22 -0800

From a front-page post on Reddit this morning, here's a "Massive list of sites all self learners should know about" that includes a link to Ask Mefi, under "Questions"

September 11th Thread

trinarian — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:15:36 -0800

Thought you guys might be interested to know I just taught Sept 11 to my american history class by reading the first 60 or so comments from this thread. It was a near perfect capturing of that day for those too young to really understand what was going on

How has your education benefited you?

snsranch — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:53:50 -0800

Educated MeFites: (This is for my wife who teaches at an inner-city elementary school.)

Would anyone be willing to write a "properly written" paragraph about how your education has greatly benefited you?

We would like to inspire our 5th graders, most of whom believe that learning isn't cool. This is for English language learners, ie. Mexican, Vietnamese, Eastern European, etc, who are just now learning paragraphs and the need for further education.

Post here or my e-mail is in my profile.

Disclaimer: Meta-related because you folks are cool and smart. This is not a project or an AskMe, unless you suggest otherwise.

Metafilter observations presented at 5th International Symposium on Online Journalism

thatwhichfalls — Thu, 13 May 2004 07:38:42 -0800

When the Audience is the Producer: The Art of the Collaborative Weblog (pdf), a presentation at the 5th International Symposium on Online Journalism by UT journalism grad student Lou Rutigliano has things to say about Metafilter. [more inside]