Honor by Annotating: Susan Watson’s “Quicksand, Ellipses”…

I have taken Susan Watson’s latest post/poem (I sure wish she would post more often) and put it into Genius so that folks could close read and honor the work she does. I consider this the full monty of reciprocation. I have been using Diigo to do this in the past, but I also like … Continue reading Honor by Annotating: Susan Watson’s “Quicksand, Ellipses”…

The Streetlight Effect and the Drama of Play and Infinite Game

Scott Glass was messing about with the #edjoy twitter xtravaganza the other night. I suggested a collaborative poem on hackpad to celebrate the #enjoyment of poetry. He, Kevin Hodgson and I played … Source: impedagogy.com Having a repertoire of moves and tools makes all kinds of adjacencies possible.  Note this improv from the other night. … Continue reading The Streetlight Effect and the Drama of Play and Infinite Game

A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us

Canva Design School Blog One of my favorite brushes for my digital palette is Canva. I like it because it is free to use, easily shared, remixable, a user-friendly joy to use, and so very handy. I have always thought of Canva as one of those perfect hothouses for creative work– any age and skill level. … Continue reading A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us

A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us

Canva Design School Blog One of my favorite brushes for my digital palette is Canva. I like it because it is free to use, easily shared, remixable, a user-friendly joy to use, and so very handy. I have always thought of Canva as one of those perfect hothouses for creative work– any age and skill level. … Continue reading A Month of Creative Ideas? Join Us

Canva Design School Blog

Canva’s Design School has everything you need to learn design. Check out our daily design articles, interactive tutorials and awesome tips. Source: designschool.canva.com This really is a fine, beginner’s design school. It is free, it affords creative as well as ordinary use, and, as a tool, it is easy to make the emphasis on the … Continue reading Canva Design School Blog

Don’t Just Derive | Engender and Thrive

Just finished reading Tania Sheko’s blog post about Pinterest as well as viewed her SlideShare presentation below. Go ahead and check it. I’ll wait. Pinterest presentation Mihaela Brysha and Tania Sheko (curriculum day 2015) (1) from Tania Sheko You can tell she has thought about Pinterest and its thoughtful uses for quite awhile.  Sometimes you just know … Continue reading Don’t Just Derive | Engender and Thrive

Where the Light Gets In

Kenyon’s Middle Path is a mile-long stretch of gravel running through the center of the college. Given time, almost everyone at Kenyon walks Middle Path; it’s not just an pedestrian artery, but arguably the heart of the campus, the place where we see each other, communicate, nurture relationships. We also joke that it’s a terrible … Continue reading Where the Light Gets In

Grandmother’s Glass Eye: Elizabeth Bishop on How Poetry Pretends Life into Reality

On the glorious “difficulty of combining the real with the decidedly un-real.” Long before poet Elizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911– Source: www.brainpickings.org I do believe that this “pretending life into reality” is very much what visualizing and feedforwarding is all about.  For individuals it is about self-actualizing or in more spiritual terms is about re-discovering … Continue reading Grandmother’s Glass Eye: Elizabeth Bishop on How Poetry Pretends Life into Reality