January 18, 2010 First two weeks Hi all, I'm now two weeks into my IF sponsored course, which is a senior capstone seminar called "Facilitating Public Conversations about the Environment." There are 21 students, about half of...
January 15, 2010 Learning and the IF Discussion Process Earlier last year, I came across a striking passage in a book on how computer “games” should be re-shaping education. One needn’t be familiar with the specifics of the game mentioned...
January 4, 2010 Jobs and the Future of a College Education? What is the future of a college education in the USA? The recent economic downturn seems to have sharpened the already well-known trend toward seeing a college education largely in...
December 12, 2009 A Sense of Relief Now that it's been well over a month since my last post, it's hard to know how to sum up all the things that have happened. I'll start at the...
November 9, 2009 Why Bring IF Into the Classroom? If you have not been to a university campus since the 1960s or 1970s, you might be surprised to find how similar the classroom environment is to that which you...
November 5, 2009 Discussions, Round Two Since my last post, several things have happened. My students finished their first round of discussions, so everyone has tried their hand at facilitating. It went reasonably well, although I'm...
October 23, 2009 An IF-less session this week…. My students re-grouped this week to work on the school presentation. They rallied into four teams according to their interests: rap song, a skid, a short video, activity to engage the target...
October 20, 2009 What Next? After reading Maria's recent post about what she will do next with her IF class now that they are not in their original groups, I realize that I feel I'm...
October 20, 2009 Syllabus Overhaul This week is a short week in my IF class, Art: I Know It When I See It. We had only one class meeting, since it's fall break, so I...