Monthly Archives: May 2013

The best way to predict the future

is to invent it. Great title from an article I haven’t even read yet, but I definitely agree with the sentiment.  And given the nostalgia that’s been generated today as I clean out old files, scan in old student papers … Continue reading

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What are your interests and aspirations for next year?

In response to that question from one of my dept heads, after much thought I finally sent the following response.  It is somewhat overstated and deliberately provocative in the hope that even motivating people to say, “That’s crap!” would be … Continue reading

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Tapestry

In response to a post by Brian Bennett: http://www.brianbennett.org/blog/bunching-vs-wrapping/ I wrote: Thinking of teaching as a tapestry is a great imagery.  You take different threads and bring them together, some here for one part of the design, others disappear for awhile … Continue reading

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Perspective shift

So, a great deal of thought and blogspace, even time at conferences, goes into such topics as “PBL” (problem-based learning), “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”, and “21st-century learning” (which is either self-evident or means so many different things to … Continue reading

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Lamp of Knowledge

A couple of people have asked for the remarks I made when receiving the “Lamp of Knowledge” award last Friday evening.  There were some extemporaneous comments tying in to Tony Sirignano’s recognition, but here’s the original text, which is mostly … Continue reading

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