Archive for August, 2011
CEP818: First note
Monday, August 15th, 2011 Posted in Art, Creativity, Fun, Housekeeping, Learning, MAET, Teaching, Worth Reading | No Comments »
The following note just went out to all the students signed up for CEP818, Creativity in Teaching and Learning (Fall semester 2011). We hope you have had a great summer are ... Read more..The intangibles of teaching
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 Posted in Art, Creativity, Identity, Learning, Personal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Teaching, Worth Reading | 1 Comment »
Jim Garrison and A. G. Rud have a wonderful article on TCRecord on Reverence in Classroom Teaching. Though, reverence may be "too exalted a word to associate with the practical ... Read more..Technologies “R us: A great essay by Adam Gopnik
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 Posted in Evolution, Fiction, Fun, Personal, Philosophy, Representation, Technology, Worth Reading | No Comments »
This morning I was at the doctor's office and picked up a dated (February, 2011) New Yorker magazine and discovered a great essay by Adam Gopnik: The Information: How the Internet ... Read more..Banning Facebook in school: Interview on the Craig Fahle Show, WDET
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 Posted in Housekeeping, Learning, Personal, Politics, Teaching, Technology, Worth Reading | 3 Comments »
I was a guest on WDET's Craig Fahle Show yesterday. The topic was the the recently passed Missouri law that bans teachers from interacting with students on Facebook in order to protect students ... Read more..