Along with some time here in this wonderful 6×6 space, I am also part of one of the learning communities on the Bothell campus at the University of Washington. Each year staff and faculty can choose to join one of
“Scaling” to Small
A couple things have happened recently that really make me feel good. What were the qualities you might ask? Well, I’ll tell ya. The events both had a small number of people and were largely unscripted. No agenda really. Just
Two Faculty & a Chancellor
Last week our team was able to wrangle the university’s new chancellor and two faculty to sit down together and talk for an hour about a hybrid course and an online course. One of the courses was developed and taught
“Dream a little – no, dream a lot.”
This is healthy. “…a prompt to write about what it’s been like to reflect and write about teaching, but if that doesn’t move you, how about imagining the future of learning? What is your dream teaching situation, and how might
Where. Who. How.
Where: Prescott College I was so lucky Prescott College happened to be in the same town as I was in. In 1979 I moved to Prescott as a junior in high school. I was pretty unhappy with school. I needed
Digital Learning Mentors
A couple years back this very writing project produced a book about first year teaching and shared some thoughts about “Things I Wish I Would Have Known” during that first year. One thought I had was that the book could
Practice Random Emails of Kindness
Last Friday I woke up to a really nice email. I know, is that even possible? Well, yes, it is. It was the first interaction I had with “work” that day. The first thing I was tasked to do for
I Got Stoned & I Missed It
For those Shel Silverstein aficionados out there, you’ll know of his wonderful collaboration with the equally wonderful Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Well, while I missed last week’s post not cuz I was stoned, but cuz I forgot, I
Todd Likes Crafts
I loved the wood shop class in high school! We were asked to make all the usual stuff, but I always went a little further with my projects. I was not satisfied with the knotty pine we were given to
Let Me Express Myself
I am going to choose to represent what I am trying to convey in some text, a couple of images, and in a video. Why three things you might ask? Well, I just don’t want to have to type all
Here is the Thing.
Here is the thing. You are writing about your teaching and as you write, you are learning. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, but writing is thinking. As my Prescott College mentor Jim Stuckey often says, you are “wrinking.” Writing
A Day at the Improv
The current of the class is driven by the sway and swerve of student questions and interests that are smashed upon the rocks of my authoritative guesses at what they need to know related to the course content and in