Book Review: The New English Class, by Alyssa Nucaro
Bryan Steele’s rich and exceptionally meaningful system of learning English in the 21st century classroom does not disappoint in his book, The New English Classroom. The book begins by displaying the importance of “wholeness,” “change,” and “process,” when learning how to write or when teaching students how to write. Steele’s knowledge of language theory and […]
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The New English Class
Steele smoothly explains complex theories in a way that appeals to students and is understandable through the use of his Lingua Galaxiae game. This type of learning demands a more advanced understanding of language than what is currently seen in English classrooms, but its aim is spot-on with current educational needs, as our communities continue to lack an adequate understanding of language skills.
Read MoreEpistemology, where art thou?
Endless war and the Sixth Extinction are the direct result of our failure to teach everything we know about language to high school students. Academia has been cranking out literary theory for the past century but little if any of these ideas have made it into the high school classroom. Specifically, we don’t teach students […]
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The theory behind the video “Everything I Know About the Aliens.”
The latest video from the writing game, www.LinguaGalaxiae.com, explores the origins of the game and the alien organization that brought it to Earth. See the video here. The game teaches an epistemology, what do we know and how do we know it, with rules and definitions. Part of the game’s play is the presenter, the […]
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Reform is not the Answer to Police Shootings
I’m a white man who reported on the murder of an unarmed deaf-mute black man by the Los Ageless Police Department (LAPD) in 1997. I was a reporter for the LA Weekly and assigned to cover the shooting. The victim, Kelvin Robinson, was a 33-year old deaf-mute father of 5. Witnesses say there was no […]
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