Nov
21
Journals
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The thoughts have been rolling around in here for awhile. Mainly, Thoreau’s “simplify” has been echoing alongside the riff of texting/blogging/twittering/facebooking/emailing/IMing that bombards my consciousness daily. Obviouisly (in the way that this blog is growing rust) I don’t participate as much as lurk.
This is about students.
The traditionalist teacher in me says, “Put that away and pay […]
Feb
3
Ideas Revisited
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In discussing audience analysis, I emphasize that my student presenters look beyond themselves. It’s no longer about “me”, but about communicating with the audience. It’s a very big leap for adolescents. They mostly want to go back to the way they presented in grade school, when that was “good enough”. It reminds me of the […]
Nov
14
Education, You Are Long Over Due
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Education, You Are Long Over Due
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Thinking about the speed at which we do all things (Thoreau thought his world moved fast!) and react to them (or not, in some cases), led me to this post…
If the spread of ideas is so fast, when does an organization ‘catch up’???
It seems to me that advertising […]