NBC's Coverage Of The 2014 Sochi Olympics Has Been Terrible

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3SnRV9Piwa74UI5vXxqOFE9kqZ_w9grzoIkLKqKA272XDghfkXfPeVbsT6Krpn0hH6MXF_0ThvXI9DiLpVIekHQRk_rDD0QjXCvCnpmynWUWHpcCSFQ3WjAtSmrCTa7K-fDUvdOkVx24/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3SnRV9Piwa74UI5vXxqOFE9kqZ_w9grzoIkLKqKA272XDghfkXfPeVbsT6Krpn0hH6MXF_0ThvXI9DiLpVIekHQRk_rDD0QjXCvCnpmynWUWHpcCSFQ3WjAtSmrCTa7K-fDUvdOkVx24/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Whitewashing The Reds -- US News and World Report</b></span></div><br />NBC should be ashamed of the way it's covering up Soviet horrors.<br /><br />Is there some kind of unwritten law that says the IQ of a sportscaster can be no higher than the average combined score of the ten previous Super Bowls? After listening to NBC’s Bob Costas speak fawningly about the history of the former Soviet Union during the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, you really have to wonder.<br /><br />As part of his color commentary, Costas called the 1917 Russian Revolution that eventually brought Lenin to power a "pivotal moment" in history. He did so, however, in a manner that glossed over just why that was the case. It should never be forgotten that more than 100 million people around the world – and that’s a conservative estimate – died as a result of what that one event put into play.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2014/02/11/nbcs-olympic-whitewashing-of-the-soviet-union-and-communism?utm_content=buffer9c53f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Read more </a></b>....<br /><b><br />My Comment:</b> I am lucky to be living in Canada .... the CBC's coverage has been excellent. I do have NBC on my cable .... and while I did watch it on the first day .... I gave up on it's coverage after two hours.<br /><br /><b>Update 10:10 EST</b>: Case in point .... because the U.S. - Russian hockey game ended into a tie, they went into an incredible shoot out. After 8 attempts .... the U.S. won. CBC carried it live .... NBC .... they had a kids program on.

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Whitewashing The Reds -- US News and World ReportNBC should be ashamed of the way it's covering up Soviet horrors.Is there some kind of unwritten law that says the IQ of a sportscaster can be no higher than the average combined score of the ten previ…

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The U.S. - Russian Media War At The Olympics

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/kKkRVHgL4WM?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>War Of Words: Russian News Anchor Claims Marines In Iwo Jima Memorial Are Gay After CNN Called A Belarusian WWII Memorial 'Ugly' -- Daily Mail</b></span></div><br />* CNN included a Soviet-era WWII memorial on a list of the world's ugliest monuments, saying that the soldier looks 'constipated'<br />* Russian foreign minister issued an official reprimand to CNN's Moscow correspondent and the list was eventually taken down from their website<br />* News anchor on Russian state television then suggested that the marines in the American Iwo Jima memorial were gay because of their stance<br /><br />A war of words has begun between a top Russian news station and CNN with the networks trading insults after an American correspondent insulted one of Russia’s WWII monuments and then a Russian anchor shot back by suggesting that two of the soldiers in the American Iwo Jima monument were simulating gay sex.<br /><br />CNN caused a firestorm when it included a war monument in Brest, a city in the former Soviet republic of Belarus, in an article on the 'world's ugliest monuments' published last month.<br /><br />The piece said the Soviet soldier 'emerging from a mountainous block of concrete looks as if he's about to thump the West into submission before hurling North America at the sun.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556049/Prominent-Russian-news-anchor-suggests-U-S-Marines-depicted-Iwo-Jima-Memorial-gay-CNN-calls-Russian-WWII-memorial-ugly.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> To me .... the Olympics is all about sports and looking <b><a href="http://bustedcoverage.com/2013/12/11/30-sexiest-women-of-the-2014-sochi-winter-olympics-photos/#photo=32">at some gorgeous looking Olympic babes</a></b>. <br /><br /><b>Update:</b> This is a good one .... some are now starting to wonder why is there so much coverage of <b><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/fivering_circus/2014/02/sochi_olympics_more_female_athletes_in_lingerie_than_ever_before.html">beautiful Olympic athletes (in lingerie)</a></b>.

olympics The U.S. - Russian Media War At The Olympics

War Of Words: Russian News Anchor Claims Marines In Iwo Jima Memorial Are Gay After CNN Called A Belarusian WWII Memorial 'Ugly' -- Daily Mail* CNN included a Soviet-era WWII memorial on a list of the world's ugliest monuments, saying that the soldie…

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Putin: Western Criticism Of Russia's Winter Olympics Reflects A 'Cold War' Mentality

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__vF4LArjR9OUAGbyBdvQhHK-wHk1CuUYeVQEV7iUzLnQtB8anYvEY-6B14gxcNE0mZgSZRdW-7ecEf7pcJAtMAng-95CoQRE8F7mW2OWZVTCm0cYpim9Hz0V2-762vJDa3uTDu9-u4Gt/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__vF4LArjR9OUAGbyBdvQhHK-wHk1CuUYeVQEV7iUzLnQtB8anYvEY-6B14gxcNE0mZgSZRdW-7ecEf7pcJAtMAng-95CoQRE8F7mW2OWZVTCm0cYpim9Hz0V2-762vJDa3uTDu9-u4Gt/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Russian President Vladimir Putin watches from the stands during the Team Ladies Free Skating Program at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Criticism Of Games Reflects "Cold War" Mentality: Putin -- Mike Collett-White, Reuters</b></span></div><br />SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Western criticism of Russia's Winter Olympics was reminiscent of Cold War ambitions to hold the Soviet Union back, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, despite signs that the world was warming to the most expensive Games ever held.<br /><br />The buildup to the Olympics in Sochi on the Black Sea coast has been overshadowed by threats of Islamist militant violence, an international outcry over a contentious "anti-gay propaganda" law and allegations of widespread corruption and profligacy.<br /><br />As the third full day of competition drew to a close, that hostility had begun to melt away and the thrills and spills on snow and ice, and a hugely popular Russian gold in the team figure skating on Sunday, began to win the critics around.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://winter-games.reuters.com/article/BREA150TH/Criticism-of-Games-reflects-%22Cold-War%22-mentality%3A-Putin">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> Putin does have a point. Some of the coverage has been over the top. Mind you .... the Russian coverage in some cases <b><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/101396199">has also been ridiculous</a></b>. In my case .... I am watching the games on <b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news">Canada's CBC network</a></b> .... no complaints there.

olympics Putin: Western Criticism Of Russia's Winter Olympics Reflects A 'Cold War' Mentality

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches from the stands during the Team Ladies Free Skating Program at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk Criticism Of Games Reflects "Cold War" Mentality: Putin -- Mike Co…

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Sochi Restaurant: 'We Do Not Serve FBI And CIA Agents'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2za0PnpgRcGTwvYfDM6gEcYvvBP1pFJ0ZDn4e2gcaUdnw6SW7jcKUYsolEFbjygB8IXg8Lb6dlPUPredk0DJN6tIdeYFfiLkuDyUAikiwNl4ow0GzNW3H88FbUnMbl6B51JUh9dvta49q/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2za0PnpgRcGTwvYfDM6gEcYvvBP1pFJ0ZDn4e2gcaUdnw6SW7jcKUYsolEFbjygB8IXg8Lb6dlPUPredk0DJN6tIdeYFfiLkuDyUAikiwNl4ow0GzNW3H88FbUnMbl6B51JUh9dvta49q/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stern warning: This restaurant outside Sochi makes no bones about its feelings toward American spies in Russia</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">'We Do Not Serve FBI And CIA Agents': The Sochi Restaurant That Bans American Spies (No Word On Whether They'd Seat Edward Snowden) -- Daily Mail</span></b></div><br />Russia has welcome the world to Sochi, but at least one restaurant in the Olympic host city is refusing to welcome some Americans inside.<br /><br />'We do not serve FBI and CIA agents,' reads a curt sign outside an establishment near the slopes of Kransnaya Polyana - site of the Olympic skiing and snowboarding events.<br /><br />The United States has sent its own security teams to Russia to protect its Olympic athletes amid threats of terrorist attacks - and no doubt a handful of secret agents are among them.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554309/We-not-serve-FBI-CIA-agents-The-Sochi-restaurant-bars-American-spooks-no-word-theyd-seat-Edward-Snowden.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment</b>: Someone knows how to get attention.

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Stern warning: This restaurant outside Sochi makes no bones about its feelings toward American spies in Russia'We Do Not Serve FBI And CIA Agents': The Sochi Restaurant That Bans American Spies (No Word On Whether They'd Seat Edward Snowden) -- Daily…

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Teaching about the Olympics #london2012

<br /><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I've been putting together notes on Olympics and what is happening with them as well as how to teach them and have compiled a set of resources for you. This will be one of the first "conversational" olympic games, steeped in social media. There will be many great opportunities to talk about Social media in the context of the games. Enjoy and prepare now!</div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wareagleextra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/London-Olympic-Logo1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.wareagleextra.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/London-Olympic-Logo1.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=persistence" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=persistence">Lesson Plans on Persistence</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As you talk about the Olympics beware of putting too much emphasis on gifts. Many people are gifted but few are willing to pay the price of persistence and seeking of wise counsel to get where they are. It is a great time to look at habits and examine our own. Are we Olympic in our pursuits of our own dreams or are we happy to sit in our chair eating popcorn complaining about how we never get a lucky break. </div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: </span><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">education</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/persistence" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">persistence</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">teaching</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">olympics</a><br /><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Olympic-themed-activity-handouts-6115082/" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Olympic-themed-activity-handouts-6115082/">Olympic themed activity handouts - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This is a very popular handout to use with children to talk about the Olympics using history, art, and health areas. Returning to school, this will be a great resource. </div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-lists/olympic-video-games" href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-lists/olympic-video-games">Olympic Video Games</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Common Sense media rates all of the Olympic Video games that you can purchase for children. Their top rating right now is for mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics which you can get on Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. Great ratings. Also note that they are now beta testing learning ratings which I think should be on learning but also should rate the analytics that come out of games for parents and educators.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/game_based_learning" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/game_based_learning">game_based_learning</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://hub.olympic.org" href="http://hub.olympic.org/">Olympic Athletes</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The official hub to follow and find Olympic athletes. </div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/technology/social-media-is-the-message-for-olympics.html?pagewanted=all" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/technology/social-media-is-the-message-for-olympics.html?pagewanted=all">Social Media Is the Message for Olympics - NYTimes.com</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Socialympics is what people are calling this summer's olympic games. There is a new Olympic Athlete's hub to help fans find and follow Twitter feeds and facebook pages. the Head of the IOC social media says that "London 2012 will ignite the first conversational Olympic Games." Let me make a point that most US schools will be left out of this conversation and bound to traditional media but that those who can connect at home will have access. Social media is part of how we communicate and does have  a place.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=olympics" href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=olympics">Search for olympics teaching resources - Share My Lesson</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Over 150 lessons about the Olympics. This is a great way to welcome the school year in the northern hemisphere as so many will be engrossed in the Olympics. Peruse these lesson plans from venn diagrams comparing the modern olympics to the ancient olympics to conversation questions or history lessons.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sharemylesson">sharemylesson</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/London-2012-Olympic-and-Paralympic-Values-6086530/" href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/London-2012-Olympic-and-Paralympic-Values-6086530/">London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Values - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Lessons teaching about the values of the Olympics and Paralympic games. These are coming up in July/ August. You can use this powerpoint as a starting point.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://getset.london2012.com/en/home" href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/home">Home | London 2012 - Get Set</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The official London Olympics education site. You can register and join their blogging network. This is definitely something you may want to do with your students. The London games has a "get set" website which is their official educational platform for the Olympic games. I've just spent a little time looking at what you can do there, but you can register, blog about the games, and connect with others. This is the sort of global event where you can meet other classrooms and interact with others.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?keywords=olympics" href="http://www.tes.co.uk/taxonomySearchResults.aspx?keywords=olympics">Search for olympics teaching resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">If you want to teach about the Olympics, the TES forum out of the UK is where the great content is being uploaded daily. There are two activities of note, one is Olympic Games: Now and then and another is about Greek Ideas and what has been passed down. Many interesting lessons by grade level.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history_teacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history_teacher">history_teacher</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Medium-Term-Plans-London-Olympics-2012-6206086" href="http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Medium-Term-Plans-London-Olympics-2012-6206086">Medium Term Plans - London Olympics 2012 - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here is a plan of how this teacher is going to incorporate the Olympics into the lesson plans for this 8 weeks.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/apr/16/london-2012-olympics-teaching-resources?newsfeed=true" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/apr/16/london-2012-olympics-teaching-resources?newsfeed=true">How to teach ... the London 2012 Olympics | Education | The Guardian</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">More ideas for teaching about the Olympics from the Guardian.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/activities" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/activities">activities</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.teachingheart.net/olympics.html" href="http://www.teachingheart.net/olympics.html">Olympics in the Classroom - Printables, Lessons, Ideas, & More</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This website starts with a KWL student chart about the Olympics and has other resources. Although it is a 2006 website, there are a lot of great ideas that you can use for this year.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://twitter.com/#!/london2012" href="http://twitter.com/#!/london2012">London 2012 (london2012) on Twitter</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">London 2012 Twitter account.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/olympics">olympics</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.london2012.com/homepage-feature" href="http://www.london2012.com/homepage-feature">London 2012</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The London 2012 games are around the corner. They will be July 27- August 12, 2012. Here is the official website. The Paralympic Games will be August 29-Sept 9. They have a Twitter account as well for the games, you could follow it as a class and keep up with it. Since many schools will be returning during the Olympics, there could be a tie in with the start of school.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Olympics">Olympics</a></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-link" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a _fcksavedurl="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6170892" href="http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6170892">London 2012 games resource collection - Resources - TES</a></div><div class="diigo-description" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The London 2012 games are upon us! Here is a great set of resources about the Olympics and about the 2012 games to be held in London. These resources out of the UK are going to be some of the best. There are also some posters you can download, print, and use if you want to teach about the ancient games in relation to this year's field day.</div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">tags: <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Olympics" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Olympics">Olympics</a> <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-tags" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div class="diigo-ps" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Posted from <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com" href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher" href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</div>

olympics Teaching Teaching about the Olympics #london2012

I've been putting together notes on Olympics and what is happening with them as well as how to teach them and have compiled a set of resources for you. This will be one of the first "conversational" olympic games, steeped in social media. There will …

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