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The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, September 07, 2006
  • My Space

    Classroom 2.0

    New Jersey educator Will Richardson used tools like MySpace as a teaching tool for his high school students. Now he’s urging other high schools to use social networking sites, rather than just be afraid of them. Also: New York State Attorney General hopeful Mark Green; We take a look at the health impact of 9/11 in the next installment in our series What Have We Learned; and analysis of the President's speech about prosecuting terrorists.

President at Bay

Barbara Olshansky, deputy legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights
- the implications of President Bush's push for legislation dealing with prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

» Center for Constitutional Rights

Surveillance Acts

Emily Bazelon , contributing editor of Legal Affairs and a senior editor of Slate magazine
- analyzes the NSA surveillance program, George Bush's speech on detainees and other issues

Classroom 2.0

Will Richardson, former teacher at Hunterdon high school in Flemington, NJ. "Learner in Chief" at Connective Learning, author Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms (Corwin Press, 2006)
- why teachers should embrace social networking tools and other "web 2.0" technologies in the classroom

» Will Richardson's classroom web resource site, Weblogg-ed
» Washington Post article about Will Richardson
» Purchase Will Richardson's book at Amazon.com

What Have We Learned: Environmental Effects of 9/11

Lorna Thorpe, deputy commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Epidemiology
and
Dr. Jacqueline Moline, principal investigator of the WTC Monitoring & Treatment Program at Mt. Sinai;
and
David M. Newman, hygienist, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
and
Fred Mogul, WNYC reporter
-discuss the public health effects of the 9/11 attacks

» abstract of the Mt. Sinai report
» David Newman’s February 2006 City Council testimony
» NYC Health Department

Green-ery

Mark Green, former public advocate and candidate for attorney general
- makes his pitch for your support

» Mark Green’s website

Step Three: The Wiki

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Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted 10/03
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

Slideluck Potshow

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Check out our contribution to the recent Slideluck Potshow, an event where folks share their love of food and photos!

ICANN, You Can…

Web Exclusive

Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), on their recent decision to offer more top-level domain names.

Mixed Up

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We discuss the implications of our mixed-race future and how Barack Obama's candidacy has changed the discussion about mixed-race identity.