Shoplifters
The first movie I saw at a theater in 2019 was Shoplifters, a Japanese film that won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The movie tells…
“I thought there was going to be more teaching done in the class”
I spent several hours yesterday and today looking through the student course evaluations of the 45 sections of First Year Seminar that we offered at Plymouth State University this fall.…
The Favourite
For my last movie of 2018, I went to see The Favourite. I'm a huge fan of Olivia Coleman and she is so good as Queen Anne. I also really…
Christmas Streaming Movies
I went to Florida to visit my parents for Christmas and we watched three movies on their streaming services. Dumplin' ☆☆ First, we watched the original Netflix movie Dumplin'. Jennifer Aniston…
Photographing the Ordinary in 2018
I take a lot of photos, both with my phone and with a DSLR. I decided to end this year by sharing 12 photos, one for each month in 2018.…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
This movie wasn't very high on my "to see" list but before I left for my holiday trip, there was a dearth of movies that I wanted to see. So…
Complex Lives, Tragedies, and Empathy
As the General Education Coordinator at PSU, I've been working on the First Year Seminar Poster Symposium since before the Fall semester started. Like everyone else involved in the event,…
Widows
I was looking forward to this movie. I was intrigued by the idea of a heist film where the heist was motivated by the challenges women face in the world.…
Implementing Cluster Pedagogy in the General Education Program
I am excited that Plymouth State University is the recipient of a grant from the Davis Educational Foundation to implement Cluster pedagogy in our General Education Program. I have written…
Thematic Pathways Revisited
The PSU General Education Committee is starting the conversation in earnest about what Gen Ed thematic pathways might look like. I wrote about this earlier this month, placing my thoughts…
Boy Erased
I have been looking forward to this movie for a long time. Starring Lucas Hedges as Jared, it tells the story of a young man sent to gay conversion therapy…
Everything Old is New Again: Adventures in the IndieWeb
I've written about my forays into the IndieWeb movement before. I have even written about how I feel like I'm moving to a philosophy of sharing my work that is…
Design as a Component of General Education
I have long been interested in design. I started my career as a computer scientist. I had fallen in love with programming at the age of 15 and wanted to…
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
This is the fourth movie in a row that I've seen in a theater that is based on events in someone's life (Free Solo, The Old Man and the Gun,…
Bohemian Rhapsody
I loved this movie! I had read some not so great reviews and so was completely prepared to be disappointed. I recognize and even agree with the criticisms but despite…
Edward Tufte: Visualizing Data
I went to a one day course in Boston at the end of October led by Edward Tufte, the author of many books on data and information visualization. I have long…
The Old Man and The Gun
Based on the real life of Forrest Tucker, a lifelong criminal who escaped from prison numerous time. The title of the movie comes from a New Yorker profile written by David…
Free Solo
I loved this documentary. It tells the story of Alex Honnold's quest to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. What does it mean to free solo a climbing route?…
Connected Learning: Thematic Pathways in General Education
I have been doing a lot of presentations and having a lot of conversations about General Education at PSU and its relationship to our Integrated Cluster Initiative. In particular, we…
Venom
I didn't have too many expectations about this movie because I didn't really know Venom from the Marvel Universe. I had heard that critics generally didn't like the movie but…
