Articles by Ann S. Michaelsen

About Ann S. Michaelsen (542 Articles)

Teacher working in a new high school in Norway. Using web 2.0 to engange the students and connect wiht others using blogs. All my students write their own blogs too

New poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban residents

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

America’s cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few [...]

The Worlds Largest Lesson

June 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

In September 2015, the United Nations are launching global goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. To [...]

Teaching facts about the political system in the UK and the USA,

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Introduction to government in the USA What do you know? In teams of 3 do the tasks below, who can manage to get this right? Write here on this padlet what you know about the [...]

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review – the brutal truth about American slavery | Books | The Guardian

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

This thrilling tale of escape from a deep south plantation takes in terror, beauty and the history of human tragedy Source: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [...]

Crash Course Government and Politics | Crash Course | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

From balancing chemical reactions to analyzing famous literature, never before has one collection offered such a awe-inspiring range of content. Since 2011, brothers John and [...]

Eli Pariser Predicted the Future. Now He Can’t Escape It.

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Six years after the Upworthy cofounder coined the term “filter bubble,” things are much worse. In the aftermath of the US election, as pundits blamed highly biased media [...]

Innovate or die

April 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

What does Leadership for 21st Century Learning look like? We recently had principals and vice principals from 9 different schools in Norway and Sweden visit our school to [...]

Teaching the movie “Hidden Figures”

March 18, 2017 // 1 Comment

“That face when the President drops by for a visit,” the White House captioned the pic on its Instagram page.

The film Hidden Figures reveals the untold true story of a team of African-American women mathematicians, or “human computers” who helped the success of the Apollo Moon [...]

‘It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about’

March 17, 2017 // 2 Comments

President Obama slammed Donald Trump during his Rutgers commencement speech. Taking aim at the billionaires “anti-intellectualism.” source: Business insider. [...]

Teaching Gender inequality and the lack of education in developing countries

March 12, 2017 // 4 Comments

Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles. Women’s [...]