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 2, 2009 Unexpected Hurdles This week in my IF-supported course, I struggled with getting my small groups underway. Our class took a day-long trip to Washington, DC last weekend, and we toured the National...
September 26, 2009 How can I better guide a freshman class? This week my class met again to continue the discussion about the "public value of higher ed". I was somewhat distressed because most groups had not posted their summary reports despite...
July 23, 2009 Summer Institute Activities: Educational Connections So, what kinds of things will we be doing at the Summer Institute? In last week's posting, I noted that we’ll have 3 major focal areas: 1) learning the discussion...
April 21, 2009 Guidebooks for Discussions The Foundation has published 3 guidebooks for facilitating discussion. You can download a pdf of these guidebooks by clicking on their titles below. Facilitation Guidebook (Jack Byrd, Jr., edited by Adolf...