I’d like an honest and critical look at what we get out of personality tests. I’ve taken Strengths Quest twice, and had similar (but not identical) results. As someone with “Ideation, Learner and Strategic” strengths, I may have done a…
teaching mistake (?)
In a discussion of literacy, the question was asked, “People who can read and write are smarter than those who cannot. True or False?” It brought to mind a story I heard from a priest, but it touched on NSFW…
Is it Funny, and why?
I try to share my andragogy (teaching theory) with students early and often. Today I came across an article in the Onion that made me think, made me smile, and made me wonder if students know it is a parody…
Kansas Politics.
Kansas legislators don’t put identifiable information on bills – to indicate who sponsored laws – 90 % of the time. This appalling lack of transparency needs to end. Also, rather than spend time in Kansas working for Kansans, our secretary…
Persephone
The work of Thomas Hart Benton fascinates me. I saw an almost surreal but representative presentation that a fell somewhere between animation or cartoon and realism. I fell in love with the work before I discovered him to be local. …
Co-lab grant: media evaluation – sustainability as object lesson
Slideshow link at tinyurl.com/spCoLabProject
But I Have Weird Beige Neighbors
“What did you learn in school that turned out to be false?” asked a recent Redditor. One of the response threads by u/KhalilRavana took up the “I before E except after C” chestnut. This post title poked fun at that,…
Making sense of copyright: memes
I mixed up the Team-based Learning Ad campaign this year: did it earlier in the semester, made it more personal for students (they chose what they saw as the most important issues – with no exceptions for controversial subjects), and…
Show don’t tell
I write this on many student papers, but I wonder how many can guess what I mean. I write “Show don’t tell” when students bury the lead by using unnecessary vague pronouns (sometimes the “lead” or point of which they…
consequences of war and environmental assault.
Found a recommendation for a free documentary online: The deadly legacy of open air burn pits (2014)-A look into the ‘burn pits’ the US military and defense contractors used to destroy toxic debris in Iraq. These pits are responsible for…