“Your Conspiracy Theory Assignment Changed My Life”

“Your Conspiracy Theory Assignment Changed My Life”

 I have, in the past, asked ENG 112 students to research a debunked scientific theory or conspiracy theory that people still believe today. As they research, they must create a theory about why some folks to continue to hold that belief despite it being proven false....
Ekphrasis Into the Arctic at the Dennos

Ekphrasis Into the Arctic at the Dennos

Into the Arctic is a traveling exhibit that’s at the Dennos Museum until the end of the calendar year 2017. The exhibit provides incredible vistas of northern Canada painted en plein air under sometimes incredible conditions. In the videos that accompany the...
Is it Reasonable?

Is it Reasonable?

The Dodecahedron is a character from the book The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. He lives in the city of Digitopolis at the base of the Mountains of Ignorance. On page 148 he has this conversation with Milo and the Humbug. “I’m not very good at problems,”...
Have you Facetimed your pet lately?

Have you Facetimed your pet lately?

If you aren’t closely involved with a college student who is far from home, that might seem like a funny topic for a teaching blog.  However, that’s not a rhetorical question.  Semester after semester, I have my students create a blog.  Their first entry includes a...
Access to Everything

Access to Everything

I was privileged to receive some insight into the mind of young people last week. I have since had time to really think about and consider how many of us may categorize them. This insight is the fact that young people today have access to every bit of knowledge in the...