Monthly Archives: October 2011

Technology: skill or tool?

An interesting post from Jeff Utecht, which is relevant to a point I made in my previous post. I particularly like his Skills tied to specific tools do not need to be taught. I agree. You don’t need to teach … Continue reading

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Why I’m still needed

This post is a propos of nothing, except a book on Michel Foucault in the “Routledge Critical Thinkers” series sitting on my desk… Even in this age of Wikipedia, I think a good teacher still performs the “filtering and assembling” feature … Continue reading

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Thinking about meaning and other things…

This post is more disjointed than usual, being essentially a stream-of-consciousness piece.  I gave my students a prompt in class today and decided to write along with them.  Here is the prompt: In Chapel today, Dr. Doody described creativity as … Continue reading

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A sign of the times…

Here I am, out at our place in the country, no internet. Wanted to catch up on some work, so I was reading English in-class papers from Friday. Forgot to download a couple at school, so I read those on … Continue reading

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