Encourage the students who are learning the technology that they ARE technologists. Do this from the start. As first years come in and learn wordpress, word, presentation software, discipline specific software etc, that they are the ones in charge. Invest in self-confidence. There isn’t someone else who “knows all” but consdier crowd sourcing as a […]
Notes from GBL 102 New York Art
JORDAN CASTEEL Studio Museum in Harlem “What’s up Painter”–Jordan living and working in Harlem, paints her community. So they know her, and talk to her when they see her on the street. Kite man: Jordan saw him from the window, went out and made his acquaintance, then saw him at Penn station “you’re Kevin” , […]
book group: Seven Killings
Senior students have come together for the first meeting of their independent book group. They chose as a group to read: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. wickipedia: A Brief History of Seven Killings is the third novel by Jamaican author Marlon James.[1] The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob […]
Public reflective writing time
What if twice a week we have public writing/quiet reflection community time in lab?
PREA prison rate and elimination act (volunteer training)
Mission: to reduce recidivism, provide effective healthcare, education and programming 95% of inmates will return to the community: “returning citizens” violent offenders stay there are transition centers: metro and atlanta, to prepare returning citizens to re enter and to go home. Opportunities for restoration creating opportunities for returning citizens to be: restored ; transformed ; […]
Discoverability is a public good–we are all artists now
Digital pedagogy and humanities increases “discoverability” across platforms. Education changes with technology so that it is not just for the Academy, but bleeds across borders, becomes publically accessible. Increasing discoverability is a public good. We don’t form knowledge to hoard it. {gift economy} Considerations: Traditionally, the more difficult it is to get into a journal, the […]
communication plan
Projects portal? how to best tell people about the ideas of anything? Can we revitalize profile for 21c education? Can it be faculty and student driven? (not just for students?) can we combine/tag and categorize news so people can see what is relevant to them? Is this something for portal? For CDVL, what about making […]
design jam
Can we get students from tech and grad students to show undergrads their projects? Host a design jam at asc (dcenter?) bring in guest speaker a band? make this a summer course? avoid yes/no question, move to how
Ideas for envisioning Dcenter future
combine: etc/its/cdvl ctl?
The Golden Hoop
Wasfia Nazreen told a story in her leaderstory talk about an auntie that told her she was unladylike when she was attempting to hula hoop as a child, and this shaming incident stuck with her. Later on one of her summit journeys she carried a hula hoop with her as a symbol of her reclamation–and […]