The National Conversations about Gen Ed
Brigid O'Donnell and I went to AAC&U's General Education Conference in February. The name of the conference was Creating a 21st Century General Education Program: Responding to Seismic Shifts. My…
INCAP Pilot Update
I can't believe how quickly half of the Spring semester has flown by! There is a lot going on in the world of General Education at Plymouth State University and…
February Movies
In the last two weeks of February, I traveled to San Francisco and then to London. The best part of long plane rides is that many planes have individual screens…
January Jamboree 2019
I have been meaning to write a post about Plymouth State University's January Jamboree event but January and now 10 days of February have slipped by me. The only reason…
Mary Poppins Returns
I haven't seen the original Mary Poppins movie with Julie Andrews since I was a kid. I think that's because I didn't especially enjoy it. But I am a huge…
On the Basis of Sex
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a hero of mine. I have an RBG action figure that watches over me as I work. My cat is named RBG (RB for short). I…
The Vulnerability of Learning
I spent the last three days talking about learning and teaching at Plymouth State University's January Jamboree and the University System of New Hampshire's Academic Technology Institute meeting. Both events…
Vice
I loved The Big Short, Adam McKay's 2015 film about the 2006-2010 financial crisis because of its strategies for explaining complex financial information. The use of various narrators to explain…
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…
