In Gundolf’s session for gbl 101 faculty, he played he ted adichie”the Danger of a Single Story” compare her story to Dr. T rin min ha–ideas of authoritarian voice , colonial story telling (assumption of narrator as ceentral, telling the story of “others”), here are the natives doing such and such, see how they blah […]
Georgia Tech Accessiblity spot
Find pictures and write about this! the man who had redesigned a mouse the chemistry textbooks for the blind, embroidered by inmates (problematic!) (also beautiful)
July 19 notes from faculty domain training
Kelly Ball: the internet is to the world wide web as Batman is to spiderman. ; ) Paulo Friere: deconstructing the power structure banking model of education. Social media is Frierian, breaks down power structures between “expert” and “learner”, both are both. Each are both, both are each. (yes and) Internet is the connectivity that […]
Nanny nanny boo boo
fight evil: if you feel like shit, everyone you hate wins.
Snips from a journal
Breath stops the chatter and creates the opening. (monk says you don’t have to try hard to meditate, just think about in and out breath as you drink tea, carry groceries, open your door). just for today I will adjust myself to what is to some I am a terrorist, to some a savior
Make Alston an indoor tree house
What if instead of a big open space where the TV is in Aslton across from Mollie’s coffee there was an intricate series of tree house style cubbies where students could meander/walk/crawl/cozy into to study and have coffee? It could go up all the way to the 2nd floor. Carpeted, pillowed, with electricity.
