September 11, 2009 Dealing with Personalities I'm into week two of my IF-oriented course, and I' m learning more everyday. On Tuesday we had our first official IF-style discussion. I had to bite my tongue often...
September 4, 2009 Day One Hi everyone, Back in that first week of August, when it seemed we all the time in the world to reflect on our teaching, our courses, and the IF process, I...
August 17, 2009 Planning & Expense Forms Here are links to 3 planning and expense forms for your use (all should be in MS Word 1997-2003 compatible): Citizen Discussion Planning Checklist Summer Institute Expense Form Expense Form for Citizen...
August 12, 2009 Reflections and Proposals For all the participants in our recent Summer Institute, I hope you find yourself settling back into your lives--and discovering new ideas and insights as these percolate up from the...
August 12, 2009 Talent is Liquified Trouble In his 2005 documentary entitled Sketches of Frank Gehry the filmmaker Sydney Pollock commented that one of his own mentors told him that “talent is liquefied trouble.” Pollock mentions this...
August 10, 2009 Course Proposals are due August 31st. Here is a link to the 1-page document, "Desired Components of Course Proposals" that sets out some guidelines about what to include in your proposals. This document...
August 4, 2009 ‘property’ in the arts The following list of links arose out of an impromptu conversation (with Keally and Jack) after one of our Intellectual Property discussions. The Yes Men - undermining corporate authority and thinking The...
July 28, 2009 Lauren’s Story The entry below is another story from my colleague Jack Byrd about student experiences with a student-centered discussion class. It might help you think about the ways that discussion facilitation...
July 28, 2009 Trying Out Citizen Discussions There are 3 focal areas for our activities in the Summer Institute: 1) learning the discussion process, 2) connecting this process to the classroom, and 3) connecting this process to...