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 […]