TWP and Information Literacy: An Action Plan
I'm in the middle of planning my section of Tackling a Wicked Problem for the Fall 2019 semester. One of the most important aspects of the class is that students…
Connections: Cluster Pedagogy and Habits of Mind
For me, pedagogy is part of an always unfinished project intent on developing a meaningful life for all students. --On Critical Pedagogy, Henry Giroux I'll start this post with a…
June Movies
Wild Nights With Emily ☆☆☆☆ Molly Shannon is such a surprise as Emily Dickinson. Very fun and strange movie about Dickinson's love affair with her sister-in-law. At Red River with…
PSU at the Institute for Project Based Learning
For the last five summers, the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has offered a project-based learning institute for teams from colleges and universities who are interested…
Rocketman
I first saw a trailer for this movie over a year ago and I was kind of skeptical at the idea of a biopic that billed itself as a "true…
TWP Action Plan
At the June 4 meeting of the Tackling a Wicked Problem instructors group, we were asked to develop an action plan to lay out things we need to learn about…
OER for Tackling a Wicked Problem
Draft of the #OER for our new Tackling a Wicked Problem course. Feedback welcome! https://wicked-problem.press.plymouth.edu/
May Movies
I have to be better about posting my movie "reviews" more quickly. I get overwhelmed thinking that I need to write something about the movie when really the whole point…
Domain Camp 2019
I am going to participate in Domain Camp 2019 this summer. It is a community focused on creating, maintaining, and extending domains for educators. The open invitation describes the camp…
Assessment Conference Debrief
I went to the 3rd Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference in Henniker last week. It's kind of an amazing conference because it is so cheap to attend--$50 for the main…
RSVP to Indie Web Summit
RSVP yes, virtually to IndieWeb Summit
How Humans Learn: Curiosity
I have found that the first chapter of Joshua Eyler's book How Humans Learn connects nicely with what we're trying to do with Tackling a Wicked Problem. The chapter is…
What is “Tackling a Wicked Problem”?
Starting this fall, Plymouth State University is embarking on a new curricular initiative called Tackling a Wicked Problem (TWP). This is a course required of all first year students, designed…
IS4220 Wrap Up
Today was the final exam period for my section of IS4220--Signature Project. The students presented their final project to members of various offices across campus, including Admissions and MCCS, as…
Conversational Design
I just finished reading Erika Hall's excellent book Conversational Design. Hall is a technologist who is interested in making digital systems more human-centered. The idea of conversational design is to…
Shazam!
When I was a kid, I loved the TV show Shazam! It was fun to see a kid who could transform into a superhero just by saying one word. So…
Progress Report: Cluster Initiative
I have had a couple of conversations recently in which people expressed concern that we have not accomplished much with the cluster initiative. I think this concern is coming up…
Making Appointments
Just after mid-term every semester, my University holds "advising weeks" during which faculty meet with all of their advisees to help them plan their schedules for the upcoming semester. I…
Us
I loved Jordan Peele's first movie, Get Out. I thought it was one of the top five movies of 2017. So I was very excited about Us, Peele's second movie.…
Spring Break Movies
Although I didn't go anywhere for spring break two weeks ago, I did take advantage of the time away from the office to go see three movies. Captain Marvel ☆☆☆☆☆…
