I forget how much I enjoy writing. My life prevents me from doing this as often as I should. Or more accurately, teaching prevents me from writing as often as I should. Although, if I’m truthful, teaching is a choice … Continue reading
In The Program, we have a phrase we use at breaking point: my ass is falling off. I quite like the phrase although I couldn’t really tell you why. It’s disgusting on about every conceivable level, but when you’re in … Continue reading
I’ve been to St. Louis more times than I can count so I wasn’t too concerned about navigating my way around the city. But the Popular Culture Association conference? That was new. This is one of the oddities of academic … Continue reading
I’m four years into my new career. Or my old career if you consider that my undergraduate degree was in teaching and one of my professional jobs out of college was teaching. Middle school at that. But I diverged for … Continue reading
There are no digital natives. There, I said it. I feel better. Not that I haven’t said it before. In fact, it’s been a battle I’ve been having for nearly a decade since the term first appeared in Marc Prensky’s … Continue reading
There’s not much in my tank tonight, which means precious few words are dancing in my head. Then again, I never put a word length on the 90 in 90 challenge. Still, it feels wrong to simply post a few … Continue reading
I think this clip says everything.
I’m staring at the screen, as I do in the evenings, trying to figure out what to write. I’ve reached the limit where I’m starting to feel redundant, the repetition of my nightly ritual drowning out the thoughts I have … Continue reading
Q: Do you encourage your students to blog on whatever topics they want day-to-day or do you want them to blog on a theme or process of their chosing? How do you grade those? Thanks ! A: I have different … Continue reading
