Showcasing the PGs – Totally My Idea
Which I left to more supremely capable people to actually carry out, as is my habit, of course. When I did my MFA, we had a monthly Student Reading Series, which was created during my ...
Month: May 2009
Yes, I’m Still Working
You may have noticed few writing or PhD-related posts in the past couple of weeks. That would be because I am currently crushed beneath a dump-truck’s worth of student papers to mark. Back to our ...
So That’s What Color Means
I won a coloring contest in the second grade. The item was a lily, and I won not for my extreme crayon skills, but because I was the only one in the class to use ...
If It’s for Children, Why Is It So Naughty?
I have a sore throat. For this malady, I requested popsicles, preferably anything resembling Jell-O Pudding Pops (click the link, seriously. It’s more than you bargained for). My Australian husband, who has never known the ...
Oooh, Shiny Conference
Chris Joseph posted today about the Digital Resources for the Arts & Humanities 2009 Conference in Belfast. The abstract submission deadline is two days away, and I sat for an hour trying to come up ...
CEDAR, Session 3: On Academic Blogging, Collaboration, and Creativity
Yesterday was CEDAR‘s third session in Leicester, at De Montfort University’s Institute of Creative Technologies. We covered blogging for academics, using Web 2.0 resources for document collaboration, creation, and presentations, and a bit on creative ...
This Will Be Short
I just want to offer a giant upraised middle finger (or an emphatic two-finger salute for you Brits) to the university. Five million pounds. Five million pounds you are offering in studentships to increase postgraduate ...
Teaching in Second Life
New experiences are rad. Scary sometimes, occasionally baffling, often frustrating…but every once in a while, they’re just rock-on cool. I lead a seminar for an Intro to New Media course in our department. Part of ...