Happy April Everyone - you know what that means...watch out for pranks all day! Leave it to Google, who have a monopoly over most things on the internet, to pull a trick on all of its customers. Not that it was super convincing, but fun nonetheless. Google claimed ot have changed their official name to Topeka to honor the city in Kansas that wants to change their name to Google.
Just for fun and in case you didn't know, the history of playing jokes on April 1st is thought to have come from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Check this out for a list of classic pranks that TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers have played on their viewers.
I love the idea of having students explore the history behind the traditions we routinely celebrate. It's important for them to understand the things we do and why. It's also a great way for students to construct their won knowledge.
ReplyDeleteBeyond that I had no idea that Topeka wants to change it's name to Google. Why on Earth would they want to do that?