Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on Sep 17th, 2007
In a workshop at Faculty Academy yesterday, Barbara Ganley drove home a message she had delivered with no little conviction during her plenary presentation. Borrowing a poignant phrase from E.M. Forrester (”how do I know what I think until I see what I say?”), she judiciously argued that every teacher should be modelling the […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on Sep 17th, 2007
UMW’s Faculty Academy this year was more inspirational than ever, and that’s saying something!!
Having earnestly listened to every highly tuned word of Karen Stephenson’s presentation on the topic of trust within institutions, it occurred to me that the faculty at my institution should take a full year to digest, reflect upon, and engage her advice. […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on Sep 17th, 2007
In my last post, I attempted to summarize what I thought were some of the most salient points of Karen Stephenson’s brilliant, complex, and far-reaching keynote address to Faculty Academy on Thurs. May 18th. I also suggested six possible “take-away” points for deliberation, which I intended to be a starting point for conversation. […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on Sep 15th, 2007
In a recent post entitled “The Battle is (or Will be) Lost”, Will Richardson relates a story that Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, told at the Personal Democracy Forum. Disappointed that in weekly meetings his staff had their faces in their computers, he banned computers. The following week, thinking that his staff […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on Sep 15th, 2007
At the end of class the other day, a student who had some questions before an imminent midterm asked me when I would be available the next day for office hours. Now, I commute an hour each way to campus, and I had planned on good library time the next day.
I suggested a solution: […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on May 19th, 2007
In a workshop at Faculty Academy yesterday, Barbara Ganley drove home a message she had delivered with no little conviction during her plenary presentation. Borrowing a poignant phrase from E.M. Forrester (”how do I know what I think until I see what I say?”), she judiciously argued that every teacher should be modelling the […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on May 19th, 2007
UMW’s Faculty Academy this year was more inspirational than ever, and that’s saying something!!
Having earnestly listened to every highly tuned word of Karen Stephenson’s presentation on the topic of trust within institutions, it occurred to me that the faculty at my institution should take a full year to digest, reflect upon, and engage her advice. […]
Posted in Angela Gosetti Murray-John on May 19th, 2007
In my last post, I attempted to summarize what I thought were some of the most salient points of Karen Stephenson’s brilliant, complex, and far-reaching keynote address to Faculty Academy on Thurs. May 18th. I also suggested six possible “take-away” points for deliberation, which I intended to be a starting point for conversation. […]
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