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The Essayification of Everything

13 years ago

The word Michel de Montaigne chose to describe his prose ruminations published in 1580 was “Essais,” which, at the time,…

Ave atque vale

13 years ago

What is a liberal education and what it is for? From Cicero’s artes liberales, to the attempts at common curricula…

Remembering When Ice Cream Was, You Know, Ice Cream – NYTimes.com

13 years ago

I'll be alert, you be alert, for Breyers "frozen dairy dessert." [N]ot all Breyers is what we once understood the…

Computers and Writing Conference 2013

13 years ago

Where a nerd can be a nerd. (Thanks for sharing the photo, Jill Morris.)

It’s Not What You Say; It’s What Google Says

13 years ago

"More people will learn about your institution from Wikipedia than from your own site," the panelist said. "And in a…

Does Math Exist?

13 years ago

http://youtu.be/TbNymweHW4E Millions of high-school students might wish math did not exist, but, alas, it does, at least as a human…

The Speech Eisenhower Never Gave On The Normandy Invasion

13 years ago

A fascinating text from an alternate history. "Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold…

LGN Launches Quandary to Develop Ethical Thinking through Play

13 years ago

The Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Games+Learning+Society Program, today launched Quandary,…

Picture Books Languish as Parents Push ‘Big-Kid Books’

13 years ago

Picture books are so unpopular these days at the Children’s Book Shop in Brookline, Mass., that employees there are used…

Press X to Teach

13 years ago

Ready to mash up gaming and teaching at Computers and Writing 2013. Press X to Teach.