Appalachian Spring in Kentucky

The sarvis tree’s buds are swelling.  It will flower first even before the willow sends out its green diadems.  But before all this I have a vinyl recording of “Appalachian Spring” conducted by Aaron Copland that I begin to listen to over and over while I read the “Spring” chapter in Thoreau’s Walden. You listen, … Continue reading Appalachian Spring in Kentucky

Eric Tremblay’s Active Learning in the Online Classroom

I’ve been doing some research on turning the carved in cold stone, virtual learning management space into a personal, living, breathing, interactive learning place and came across Eric’s post on active learning in the online classroom in his E-Learning Acupuncture blog.  This is an active, interesting blog that I’m posting in my Blogs I Follow […]

critiquing your thinking

I attended a conference last weekend and was particularly interested in the breakout session on critical thinking by Dr. Matthew Etherington, who recounted his experience at a recent education conference where he attended a panel discussion on critical thinking. One of the pronouncements made by one of the panelists (a longtime teacher educator) was that […]