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Technobabble
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Is instructional design activism? June 23, 2016. I wrote a long post for a discussion forum for the online course I’m taking in Critical Instructional Design. And I thought I’d share/archive it here as well. The prompt asked:. Is instructional design a form of activism? How does what we think about what we do can influence how learning happens across our institutions? What do Audre Lorde’s words ( master’s tools, master’s house. Mean for you personally, professionally, pedagogically? At our next staff me...
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Tall tales and true
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When the brain skips a beat. May 15, 2016. I have much to say about this article on being a “slow professor,”. But first I want to explain my absence from this blog for four and a half months. I tackled the depression directly. I joined an amazingly raw and yet optimistic online fitness group of Grinnell alumni. I took to walking 10,000-12,000 steps each day, doing cardio videos, and even running occasionally. I lost ten pounds and kept them off. It ends up high blood pressure can damage the brain. It...
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Nope
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August 14, 2014. Today, a friend and colleague asked me if I was energized for the fall semester. 8221; I texted to her. I meant for it to be funny, but in the context of the conversation we were having, my response came across as angry and sad. Why was I sad? I paused a moment to probe the source of my sadness and anger. Was I experiencing the first twinge of a depressive turn, a chemical low combined with feelings of overwhelm? Earlier this year, the Idaho legislature passed a law allowing anyone with ...
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Entrepreneuroticism
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On Calling, again. December 17, 2013. Earlier this year, I’m participating in Marci Glass’s STARward project. In which participants reflect on a word given to them by Marci (who not only writes a thoughtful blog, but also happens to be the pastor of a church a few blocks from where I live). I drew the word. It’s been a fortuitous word. It’s also a metaphor. I’m in self-preservation mode, trying to save all my energy. This week is marked by two sets of papers to grade and two sets of final exams...Plus, t...
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Ch-ch-ch-changes
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January 23, 2015. In my last post. I quoted Frederick Buechner’s thoughts on calling that it’s “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. And then I asked, “At what point do we acknowledge that the world’s deep hunger has met our deep gladness in a way that is unsustainable, that exhausts us? Today I signed the offer letter. Providing strategic direction and management for the IDEA Shop, inclusive of both instructional design support and the campus online testing center. Buildi...
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“Idaho Citizens”
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8220;Idaho Citizens”. May 20, 2015. And used under a Creative Commons license. When I listen to testimony before Idaho’s state legislative committees, I invariably hear mostly from conservative speakers, but not exclusively multiple people mention how many years they have been citizens of Idaho.”. I thought this was an interesting slip of the tongue. After all, those testifying were residents. Of Idaho and likely citizens. Or infuriated (was it intentional? Or, really, to fly anywhere in the U.S. Filed U...
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All I have are bullets (many of them literal)
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All I have are bullets (many of them literal). September 7, 2014. You may recall I fought very, very hard to keep guns off of Idaho’s college campuses. On day 6 of the semester, a gun went off in the middle of a class. At a public university classroom on the other side of the state; a professor was negligent with his concealed firearm. Honestly, my money was on a student, later in the semester. The concealed carry permit holders I spoke with who wanted this law passed all emphasized how. In talking about...
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The Clutter Museum
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2015 in hindsight: difference. January 1, 2016. As I look forward to 2016, I also want to recall how, in 2015, Marci gave me the STAR word “difference.” I printed the word on a paper star and posted it above my desk at work. Lots of things were different this year. I turned 40, a cultural milestone, especially for women. Already I can feel the […]. December 31, 2015. December 31, 2015. Remembering Joan Van Blom. August 31, 2015. Bad things, I’ve been reminded by several people lately, come in three...
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Little boxes
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May 10, 2015. There’s a green one and a pink one. And a blue one and a yellow one,. And they’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same. Would it be heavy-handed to quote the next verse. I really do enjoy the work because I get to think about big-picture things and have interesting conversations with all kinds of people, but it seems every day some issue emerges that causes me some cognitive dissonance or, at the very least, pedagogical discomfort. In my local context, a self-support...
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Mass firing in the History department at Boise State
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Mass firing in the History department at Boise State. March 8, 2015. This past week, the History department chair sent out an e-mail with the subject line “Grim News.” In the e-mail, she detailed extensive cuts to the History department’s funding, apparently emerging from the Provost’s office. Among the cuts are:. The Public History faculty line I recently vacated. 2/3 of the funds we use to support graduate assistants. In the meantime, you can read this. Filed Under: Grist for the cultural studies mill.
