One thing I love about publishing this blog is that (along with all the spam) it brings in scores of unsolicited pointers to really great educational resources.
The latest one, sent in by Aparna Ramchandran, points to an amazingly timely site from Michigan State University that allows students to learn about US history, presidential elections and issues through the prism of their campaign ads. The campaign ad viewer’s interface is incredibly intuitive and the site also provides a learning guide with a number of suggested activities and questions. Highly recommended – only wish more US voters would take the time to study these in the next 7 days, it’s not hard to see the patterns repeating. – SWL
Thanks for the link. I just finished a project this summer digitizing 20 years worth of political ads. I’m hoping the professor I worked with with do something towards creating a learning tool.