Abby's post on what REALLY happened on that ferris wheel tops our nominations this week.
Lots of interesting posts this week. I love that people made connections to movies and your own digital stories and real life! I always enjoy reading these posts.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Shakespeare!!
This is the closing weekend for the play that the wonderful Mr. Hamm was telling us about. Want to go? How about the final performance: 2:30 on Sunday. If we can get a group together we can get cheaper tickets. Email me if you are interested.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
more on "Taking on the Big Boys"--free book!
I thought you might be interested in this as an extra credit opportunity and as a follow up to what we were talking about in class when we discussed Adrienne Rich's work:
URL: http://commonground.richmond.edu/events/One_Book.htm
While supplies last, anyone who signs up for a One Book, One Campus discussion can receive a free copy of this year's book, "Taking on the Big Boys" by Ellen Bravo. Stop by the One Book table in the Commons on Thursday, February 28th from 11am until 1pm to sign up for a one hour discussion of Bravo's book on gender bias and its effect on women & men. Discussions are held on Tuesdays at 12:30pm and 5:30pm from March 4 until April 1 in the Commons Room 331. Bravo will lecture on campus on April 8 at 7pm in the Alice Haynes Room.
URL: http://commonground.richmond.edu/events/One_Book.htm
While supplies last, anyone who signs up for a One Book, One Campus discussion can receive a free copy of this year's book, "Taking on the Big Boys" by Ellen Bravo. Stop by the One Book table in the Commons on Thursday, February 28th from 11am until 1pm to sign up for a one hour discussion of Bravo's book on gender bias and its effect on women & men. Discussions are held on Tuesdays at 12:30pm and 5:30pm from March 4 until April 1 in the Commons Room 331. Bravo will lecture on campus on April 8 at 7pm in the Alice Haynes Room.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Another extra credit opportunity
Core Colloquy on "Love: One Word, Many Realities"
A Conversation on Augustine, Shakespeare, Rich, and Murakami
Hosted by Mavis Brown and Reingard Nethersole
The Great Hall in Ryland Hall
Monday, February 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
If you go, please write about it in your blog and you will get credit!
A Conversation on Augustine, Shakespeare, Rich, and Murakami
Hosted by Mavis Brown and Reingard Nethersole
The Great Hall in Ryland Hall
Monday, February 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
If you go, please write about it in your blog and you will get credit!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
how to get started "sharing"
TO nominate a post for the Post of the week, you should continue as you have done: write a comment on the post itself. BUT: the wiki page did not actually make my grading life easier, so we are going to go back to what I had originally hoped to use: the Google Reader "share" feature.
It is easy to make a site where you will send "shared items". Google Reader leads you through it the first time you try to share a blog post. YOu will ntice that when you open a blog to read in Google reader it has a bar at the bottom of the post that looks like this:
You will click on the symbol to the left of the word "share", and it will turn to orange and say "unshare." Here is what your screen should look like:
It is hard to see here, but when you do this on your own computer, you should see the little symbol turn orange!
Google Reader automatically starts what is essentially a webpage for you where it will display any post that you choose to share by clicking the share button when you read it in Reader.
What you need to do is send me the URL of that webpage. Here is how you find that URL:
In Google Reader, in the upper left corner is a menu with a blue background. It looks something like this:
This image shows what it looks like when you click "your shared items." When you do that the middle part of the reader will show:
DO you see the long URL that comes after "They are available as a page at..."? SEND me that url in an email. I will then be able to see whatever posts you have chosen to share. I can even monitor that site so that I get it as soon as you click share, and it will keep all your nominations in one place so that I can give you credit for nominating them. Whew--that will make it better all around. SO send me that url ASAP : )
It is easy to make a site where you will send "shared items". Google Reader leads you through it the first time you try to share a blog post. YOu will ntice that when you open a blog to read in Google reader it has a bar at the bottom of the post that looks like this:
You will click on the symbol to the left of the word "share", and it will turn to orange and say "unshare." Here is what your screen should look like:
It is hard to see here, but when you do this on your own computer, you should see the little symbol turn orange!
Google Reader automatically starts what is essentially a webpage for you where it will display any post that you choose to share by clicking the share button when you read it in Reader.
What you need to do is send me the URL of that webpage. Here is how you find that URL:
In Google Reader, in the upper left corner is a menu with a blue background. It looks something like this:
This image shows what it looks like when you click "your shared items." When you do that the middle part of the reader will show:
DO you see the long URL that comes after "They are available as a page at..."? SEND me that url in an email. I will then be able to see whatever posts you have chosen to share. I can even monitor that site so that I get it as soon as you click share, and it will keep all your nominations in one place so that I can give you credit for nominating them. Whew--that will make it better all around. SO send me that url ASAP : )
Friday, February 22, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Persepolis at the movies!
You might want to see the movie of our "ninth text" that was recently released. I have heard from friends that they really liked it. It is animated, rather than live action, which makes sense...
So here is a link to the page about it. It is playing at the Westhampton Theater which you can walk to from campus. Make a night of it--go to Phil's Continental lounge for the world famous greasy fries and then pop next door for the film : )
So here is a link to the page about it. It is playing at the Westhampton Theater which you can walk to from campus. Make a night of it--go to Phil's Continental lounge for the world famous greasy fries and then pop next door for the film : )
Rich
If you are interested in learning more about Adrienne Rich, the wikipedia page on her is a good place to start.
And, while it helps to know what her books were called and what prizes she won, I think she would actually be happier with us trying to make a connection to her through her own writings. I was struck by the last line of "The Phenomenology of Anger:"
I think that would be a great place to start tomorrow!
And, while it helps to know what her books were called and what prizes she won, I think she would actually be happier with us trying to make a connection to her through her own writings. I was struck by the last line of "The Phenomenology of Anger:"
Every act of becoming conscious
(it says here in this book)
is an unnatural act
I think that would be a great place to start tomorrow!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Awareness
I know today's discussion didn't seem too "Core-like" or academic. But I just don't think we can begin to "hear" what Rich has to say until we develop some awareness of gender roles, as well as religious affiliations and sexual orientation, and the assumptions our culture contains. It can be really hard to notice assumptions that are hidden in things that seem "common sense." One example from class today would be that businesses have to hire the most reliable workers, and mothers are more likely to be unreliable because of their responsibilities to their children. The assumption implicit in that is that male parents don't have the same responsibilities. Many business people thought this way. It took people saying --wait a minute, you are making an assumption here. The first step is awareness, the second step is to break the silence and open a conversation. Only after that can we begin to imagine a different way of doing things, a different language.
I believe a couple of things:
1. the academic, like the political, is always personal
As you all pointed out in class, we are products of our own experiences. They are the reality we know. It takes active listening and imagination to begin to understand that other people have other experiences. And still, we pursue, in politics and in academia, those things which are meaningful to us. Scratch the surface of a scholar and you will find a passion that started in a youthful experience.
2. Education should help us notice our assumptions.
This is sometimes called "critical thinking." Our class isn't about finding out the right things to believe; it is about looking hard at what we already believe, and at what others claim to be "true."
3.This is why we really need everyone in the class to add their perspectives and experiences.
When we hear someone else's experience, we can begin to see what our assumptions are.
NOW--let's go back to Rich's writing. She articulates so well the development of her own awareness. On Wednesday we'll look at this in detail.
I believe a couple of things:
1. the academic, like the political, is always personal
As you all pointed out in class, we are products of our own experiences. They are the reality we know. It takes active listening and imagination to begin to understand that other people have other experiences. And still, we pursue, in politics and in academia, those things which are meaningful to us. Scratch the surface of a scholar and you will find a passion that started in a youthful experience.
2. Education should help us notice our assumptions.
This is sometimes called "critical thinking." Our class isn't about finding out the right things to believe; it is about looking hard at what we already believe, and at what others claim to be "true."
3.This is why we really need everyone in the class to add their perspectives and experiences.
When we hear someone else's experience, we can begin to see what our assumptions are.
NOW--let's go back to Rich's writing. She articulates so well the development of her own awareness. On Wednesday we'll look at this in detail.
One Book, One Campus
HERE is a link to the page on Amazon about the book I mentioned in class today. If you are interested in hearing some current statistics and thoughts about gender roles and society, this book is a good resource. As I mentioned, if you go to one of the lunches that talks about this book, and you write about it in your blog, you will receive extra credit toward your class participation grade. To learn more about the lunch discussions, visit this page
Friday, February 15, 2008
POW Valentines Week
And this week, Kaylin goes in a new direction on her blog and fellow classmates are inspired! Read her post here:
I also think it is a good point. Let's talk about jealousy in class and also about love and gender--which leads us right to Adrienne Rich!
I also think it is a good point. Let's talk about jealousy in class and also about love and gender--which leads us right to Adrienne Rich!
Monday, February 11, 2008
POW awards
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