{"id":1102,"date":"2013-09-05T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2022-02-24T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:26:32","slug":"welcome-to-the-new-plato-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/welcome-to-the-new-plato-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the New PLATO blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>We are launching a new blog on the PLATO website this month. It will offer a variety of post from teachers, philosophers, graduate students and others involved in PLATO, presenting their ideas for lessons plans, evaluation and assessment tools, thoughts about teaching philosophy to young people, examples of projects and activities, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming Posts Include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A new philosophy outreach program\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A lesson plan on affirmative action<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Philosophy games<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Books for philosophy sessions with children<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Teaching and evaluation in a high school course<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope you all enjoy the blog! Please send comments and ideas to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@plato-philosophy.org\">info@plato-philosophy.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<br \/>\nJana Mohr Lone<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/welcome-to-the-new-plato-blog\/2012-janalone-66\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1105 alignleft\" alt=\"2012-JanaLone-66-\" src=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012-JanaLone-66--681x1024.jpg\" width=\"147\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"text-align: left;\">Jana Mohr Lone is the president of PLATO and the director of the University of Washington Center for Philosophy for Children. Since 1995 she has taught philosophy to K-12 students in Seattle and run programs to introduce teachers, parents, grandparents, college and graduate students and others to methods for bringing philosophy into young people&#8217;s lives. 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