Patrick’s teaching us about student work with XML, and the examples range from medieval precedents (not for XML, but for modular writing) and current connections with online environments such as Second Life. It’s all imagination, and inspiration: what gets the students’ creative juices flowing. I do need to know, however, what’s up with the little […]

It’s all fascinating, but the playful aspect intrigues me most, at least this afternoon. Playful doesn’t mean frivolous, or trivial, or superficial–or at least, not necessarily. It can mean that quality of commitment and connectedness that takes us out of our habits and into new arenas of exploration and building. Cyprien’s talk underscores the need […]

Rachel’s moving through an overview of the topic, but that description does no justice to the rich exploration she’s conducting of topics and questions essential to any serious discussion of education. I’m reminded that among the many things technology augments, one crucial element is our self-awareness and sense of possiblities in the vocation we answer. […]

So many things to love about Faculty Academy: hearing what all my colleagues are doing, sharing dreams and hatching plans for next year’s classes, blowing off steam after another long and successful academic year–but one of the most fun is watching the guest speakers arrive one by one. Last year it was Bryan Alexander, Brian […]