Teaching Paraphrasing Through Fake "News" - Colbert

[camille napier bernstein]

I used this funny Stephen Colbert clip to introduce paraphrasing skills to my students:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/395930/septe...

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Camille

[Ryan Goble]

This was a great clip thanks for sharing - and btw - those clips are easy to embed - just grab the "embed" code 

And then embed the code in HTML mode in the discussion (it is not as scary as it sounds, I swear - and boom the video is here! (I did it for fun)...

[Ryan Goble]

You might also cross post this in U.S. History (if you're in that group) and Poets & Writers group as it is that cool of a clip! All you have to do is go to edit this discussion (under the options tab) and then switch to the HTML mode (that is safer) copy and paste that code into other discussions (if you so choose). Your contributions here are always awesome! Thanks!

[camille napier bernstein]

Hey, Ryan,

I'm a moron -- I didn't think to embed.  Sorry!

Camille

[Ryan Goble]

LOL - that is hardly moronic - heck I didn't figure out embedding until I started this place - just saves a click!  No need to apologize!