College Ready Writing

I'm reading The City and The City and applying the book's concept of "unseeing" to higher education.

I wonder what the age of surveillance has done to our students.

Finally figuring out what I want to do when I grow up.

A Twitter colleague does a little experiment with interesting results.

Some “Classrooms of Shame” on my campus.

Describing my upcoming Freshman Writing course, and wondering who gets to speak and who is shamed into silence.

It's already been a rough start to the semester.

Two recent week-long institutes/activities has me reflecting on the value of such experiences.