Cats, Cuneiform, and Controversy : Links 14 Jan.

CANE Media Coordinator
January 14, 2016

Here are some of the articles, blog posts, or sites we found interesting this week.

Ginny Lindzey, a Texas Latin teacher, shares some thoughts on using Simon’s Cat and TPRS Circling techniques.
Adventures in cooking by cuneiform!
LIMEN is Justin Bailey’s new collection of resources about teaching Latin.
An article from the Washington Post, written by David Silbersweig (a Harvard medical school professor), on the importance of the liberal arts.
An article from the NYTimes by James Romm (Bard College) about teaching Ancient Greek that’s already causing controversy.

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