Category Archives: teaching

creativity and print / pixels

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I’ve learned from this announcement that the UMKC Center for Creative Studies is asking for applications by May 1 for curriculum development for interdisciplinary courses studying the creative process. You can read the application instructions for yourself. I’m thinking of proposing a course that would be taught by me and by a faculty member from the Art & Art History Department, but I’m not 100% sure what direction to take. A course that involved printmaking and/or bookmaking would be interesting, but I’m also tempted by the possibility of a course involving new media. There are faculty from A&AH engaged in both, so…

But what would a course “studying the creative process” and involving print or new media look like? This is just a blind post asking for suggestions for further reading and research. I will post this to Palimpsest, as well.

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roadtrip

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With many of my colleagues from the four U of M campuses, I am in Columbia, Missouri this weekend attending the Teaching Renewal Conference as part of the year-long New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program. On the food front, I had a nice soy latte at the Lakota Coffee Company, some great slices at Shakespeare’s Pizza, and breakfast at Waffle House. We also managed to get in a few games of pool last night at Billiards.

Update: We also took a quick trip to the Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, home of the Devil’s Icebox, a geological formation caused by an underground river gradually eroding limestone until a sinkhole is created. Climbing down into the Icebox on a warm late-winter day, you find that the temperature drops significantly, a few patches of ice and snow are still present, and you can see your breath. On the drive out to Columbia, we saw a deer at the edge of a forest, and on the way home we spotted a flock of wild turkeys resting in a field. Finally, I would be remiss if I did not mention the statue of Beetle Bailey to be found on campus; cartoonist Mort Walker is a Mizzou alum.

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announcing a winner

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The nominations came fast and furious. Delegates traveled from far and wide to take part in a process to determine the future of online, collaborative creation and sharing of teaching resources. Gathered in a smoke-filled room tucked away in an obscure midwestern town, they debated into the wee hours. Sure, all the candidates had their strengths, but which would prove most likely to go the distance, to hold up to the unforeseen challenges of the future?

  • EngLog
  • Wordherders taken
  • Pedablogy
  • PedagogicalPalimpsest
  • BlogN
  • LitMeme
  • TeachMeme
  • SeeBlogRun
  • OpenSourceTeachingResources
  • OpenSourceEnglish
  • Wordswap

In the end, one candidate was the obvious choice.

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contest: teaching blog needs a name

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The group blog on creating and sharing teaching resources needs a name. I am hereby announcing a contest in which the winner, chosen through a complicated caucus-based process, will be sent a compact disc music mix created by me, featuring fantastic tracks by artists you’ve never heard of. The intended audience of and participants in the blog are those who teach in English departments, although their areas of specialization within that discipline are open.

Teaching. The discipline of English. The open-source philosophy. Keep these things in mind, dear reader, as you vie with countless competitors for the international honor that winning this contest will bring you.

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