The Difficulties of Teaching Critical Thinking
It can be really hard to find time to teach critical thinking “right” when a course has a strict content or assessment focused pacing guide.
Category: Thoughts
3 Theses, Third Thursday: Hard History
Putting people & societies into neat boxes is a tricky issue, but I’m tired of everything inexplicable defaulting to “must be for rituals!”
3 Theses, 3rd Thursday: Managing Things
Let’s re-brand the TBR pile. Will I ever learn pivot tables or Linux? Plus—a bonus epiphany about people who focus better with the TV on.
3 Theses, 3rd Thursday: On Writing
Are SF&F interchangeable? Is “plotting vs. pantsing” real? Which is better: minimalist or lush, lyrical prose? Everybody has an opinion — including me!
The Difficulties of Teaching Notetaking
During my interview for Obsidian Office Hours, Anthony asked me whether or not I would ever consider using Obsidian.md for teaching notetaking to my students; my answer was, in short, no. At...
Writing to Formula: Beyond Plotting vs. Pantsing
Writing to formula using an outline that follows pre-canned benchmarks like in the hero’s journey is like using a compass to draw a circle.
Removing Monuments to White Supremacists & Racists
Henry Olsen wrote an Op-Ed in the Washington Post about removing monuments in which he claimed: Knocking down or defacing statues of national founders or heroes not only displays ignorance...
Survival Gear for a Colony Scout
I recently started reading The Rogue Retrieval by Dan Koboldt, creator of the wonderful Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. The protagonist is a Vegas magician strong-armed into accompany...
