November 9, 2010 Possibilities as Catalysts to Discussion Within the Interactivity Foundation, and as part of our continuing and internal development, we frequently discuss how to make our conceptual possibilities more “useful” for public discussion. And related to...
October 15, 2010 A Touch of Humility Notwithstanding my desires and self-delusions to the contrary, I’m not always right. My wife, children, and co-workers can and will—with only minor prompting—attest to this all too obvious fact. For...
August 17, 2010 False Dichotomies and the IF Discussion Process While on a recent family vacation, I had the “opportunity” to watch a couple hours of cable TV news/commentary. By which I mean that I lost the coin toss with...
July 8, 2010 Being a River Guide I have often struggled to better explain how the Interactivity Foundation conceives of the role and function of a facilitator in our discussion projects. My incoherence probably derives from a...
June 28, 2010 IF Essay on CNN Website: How to Keep Wall Street Under Control The Opinion section of CNN's website has just published a short piece, How to Keep Wall Street Under Control, by IF Fellows Adolf Gundersen and Jeff Prudhomme, with editorial and...
March 24, 2010 An Occasional–and Provocative–Paper To date, I've held back in posting any of my own, all too unique "Perspectives" on this site, so today I venture into new and hopefully not entirely dangerous waters. While...
February 25, 2010 Expense Forms – for IF sponsored classes and for citizen discussions You can download MS Word copies of the expense cover sheets for IF sponsored courses and for citizen discussions by clicking on the following links: Expense Form for IF-Sponsored Courses Expense Form...
January 30, 2010 Evaluation Rubrics (forms) for Student Facilitators and Group In case anyone is interested in using (or revising and using) either of the 2 evaluation forms that appear on pages 100-104 of the Guidebook for Student-Centered Classroom Discussions, I've...
October 8, 2009 Two Unrelated Bytes I've got a couple of very unrelated "possibilities" to pass along. Easels or "flip chart" stands. A few of you--especially those teaching IF-related courses this fall--have asked whether we have any...