Today's post is late and short. Seems the class I'd planned on taking this summer -- Digital Storytelling -- is being canceled. No idea if it was because of low attendance, or because of a change in the teacher's schedule. I was really excited about this class, the one elective choice that really gave me … Continue reading Summer Plans change
Category: Education
A response to “James Baldwin’s Topoi”
(Note: I spent a whole two days putting the below together for class, and thought I could post it here, despite most people not having read the document it is a response to. For those wanting to look it up, "James Baldwin's Topoi" is the title of a chapter written by James Dorsey in New … Continue reading A response to “James Baldwin’s Topoi”
Of class materials and PDFs
I've been taking these classes from Gonzaga University for a master's degree. It's online, and fairly amazing. The interactive blackboard is a marvel at bringing us together interactively like we are actually together is the class. But some of the things are odd. Like the reading materials they give us. Old school. Watch the below … Continue reading Of class materials and PDFs
Should we encourage the rising tide or sink the biggest boats?
My ethics text book, Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach by Craig E. Johnson, talks in the last chapter about the dangers of globalization. In the chapter he talks about how the benefits of living in a global economy are obvious, but the what is hidden is the downside. I would like to challenge him, somewhat. Seems … Continue reading Should we encourage the rising tide or sink the biggest boats?
Crafting Identity: Coda
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Coda
Crafting Identity: Some Conclusions
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Some Conclusions
Crafting Identity: Scholars and Museums
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Scholars and Museums
Crafting Identity: Connoisseurs and Collectors
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Connoisseurs and Collectors
Crafting Identity: Double Voice and Petty Commerce
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Double Voice and Petty Commerce
Crafting Identity: Art and Exile
(Note: I’ve posted comments and summaries of the texts of several books that I have had in my Master’s in Communications degree. This isn’t one of them, though it is by one the professors I have had for said degree. But it is the book I have most enjoyed reading from that academic background. I … Continue reading Crafting Identity: Art and Exile