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Tag Archives: creative
Wonder Lab
The Chicago meeting referenced before was actually pretty good. Most of the sessions were interesting, and we went to a design firm for two hours on Friday to be led through some really cool exercises on designing a “Wonder Lab” … Continue reading
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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
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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Algorithms, programs, and robots
As I read emails about improving customer service with better software and similar things, I am coming to agree with the conventional wisdom (though it’s not phrased this way) that the more algorithmic your work is, the more likely you … Continue reading
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Just read Thomas Friedman’s column of that name in today’s New York Times. Guess I have to read the book of Gladwell’s to which he refers, but… I suppose you could say I’ve stayed at St. John’s so long because … Continue reading
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Would that….
this article had come out 25 or 30 years ago…. http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/03/06/teaching-the-last-backpack-generation/ It’s both gratifying and annoying to see that what I’ve been doing in some way for the last at least 25 years, probably my whole career, but I may … Continue reading
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Another kind of summer
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more dangerous by far. The sun can merely burn my skin Your kisses burn my soul. My adoration boils out fierce Like sweat drawn from my pores. At night, instead … Continue reading
Laziness
A friend of mine in college was writing me his take on what he used to call laziness. I thought I would share my response. ———————————- I see I didn’t address your point about laziness. I think for creative people, … Continue reading
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