Posted in 3234, 3232, 3230, 3227, 3236, 3238, 3245, 3243, 3241, 3239, 3226, 3223, 2940, and, the, my, 2745, 2962, 3207, 2752, 2735, General on Feb 12th, 2008 Comments Off
I’m in the midst of A. S. Byatt’s Possession in my Intro. to Literary Studies class, working up to assignment one, which asks students to work with symbolism in Byatt’s romance. The idea of symbolism is quite complex (the etymology alone is intricate and fascinating). Students are accustomed to talking about imagery, themes, character, even […]
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Posted in 3204, 3203, 3202, 3205, 3206, 3209, 3208, 3207, 3201, 3200, teaching, the, blog, and, 2940, 3199, 3198, 2752, General on Feb 9th, 2008 Comments Off
There’s a lot I want to blog about, especially the fascinating distributed work on alterity, collective intelligence, and the individual being done by Alex Reid, Lanny Arvan, and Rafael Alvarado. Rafael and Lanny are working on Web 2.0 and teaching, with an eye on the way collectivism can turn either to thin gruel or to […]
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Posted in 3046, 3047, 3045, 3044, 3043, 3048, 3049, 3053, 3052, 3051, 3050, 2766, 2754, and, today, students, the, an, 2742, 2752, a, 2757, 2756, General on Jan 24th, 2008 Comments Off
Courtesy of the University of Mary Washington Computer Science Department, I and an SRO crowd of students, faculty, and staff got to hear a fascinating talk today by Dr. Eric Miller (CSAIL, MIT). There’s no questioning the depth, intelligence, or intensity of his commitment to a data web; he made the best and most inclusive […]
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