{"id":305,"date":"2008-07-31T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T23:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2008-07-31T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2008-07-31T23:23:17","slug":"quick-update-on-social-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/07\/31\/quick-update-on-social-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick update on social studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is so much easier to understand US government with these few videos. One very well done recent one and an old time classic.
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\nVideo: Electing a US President in Plain English<\/a>:
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\nUsing a low tech approach, coupled with the latest Web 2.0 approaches, allows Common Craft, a very lightweight company <\/a>to distribute an incredible message. It reminded me of this oldie, which can now be re-seen due to YouTube.<\/EM><\/p>\n

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Or this one:<\/EM><\/p>\n

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These are all novel information transfer tools that just were not available to us even a few years ago.<\/EM>
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Technorati Tags: Government<\/a>, Social media<\/a>, Web 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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It is so much easier to understand US government with these few videos. One very well done recent one and an old time classic. Video: Electing a US President in Plain English: [Via Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English –] Using a low tech approach, coupled with the latest Web 2.0 approaches, allows Common … Continue reading Quick update on social studies<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-20"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-4V","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":173,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/05\/14\/how-podcasts-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":305,"position":0},"title":"How podcasts work","date":"May 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Video: Podcasting in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English: [Via Common Craft] These videos are always worth watching and do a wonderful job explaining how many Web 2.0 tools work. 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