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This is what was bequeathed us:
This earth the beloved left
And, leaving,
Left to us.
No other world
But this one:
Willows and the river
And the factory
With its black smokestacks.
No other shore, only this bank
On which the living gather.
No meaning but what we find here.
No purpose but what we make.
That, and the beloved’s clear instructions:
Turn me into song; sing me awake.
– Gregory Orr
A few randomly selected blog posts…
Connecting birds nests to "crop circles under the ocean" leading to some thoughts on perception, beauty and finding intelligent life in the universe (or maybe even on this planet). The other day I found a bird's nest on my front lawn. Most probably it had fallen down...
The triplet ambigrams keep flying in. This new one came in an email from Chunlei Zhang, a faculty member at East China Normal University, having received his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Teaching from Beijing Normal University. He was inspired after reading my previous...
The Office Faculty and Organizational Development at MSU conducts an annual Spring Institute on College Teaching and Learning every summer. The past week was their 15th such event (details here) and I was asked to conduct a workshop on Creative Teaching. I was...
This is a delayed (by more than a year) posting of the TPACK newsletter #44 (link to PDF). My apologies, I am not entirely sure how I missed that. As always, Judi Harris and team have done a great job. You can find the previous issues archived here. This issue...
Here are four new ambigrams I have created over the past few days. All related in some ways to things I have been thinking about. The first two are for STEM (an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) and STEAM (Science, Technology,...
In celebration of International Literacy Day, here is a new ambigram design - it reads, "Literacy" one way and "Reading" the other! Enjoy. See below for an attempt to use CSS to use to make the rotation automatic when you move your cursor over the image. Check it out....
Fast Company has compiled an oral-history of design at Apple. It did so through interviews with many of the key players in Apple's history. It is a his-story because, though there are some women who show up... the main narrative is about guys, Steve Jobs, Jonathan...
I just spent a day at MICDS in St. Louis talking with a small but select group of teachers about creativity in teaching, the role of big ideas, the meaning of TPACK, the importance of trans-disciplinary learning (among other things). What a wonderful way of spending...
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Punya- I never had the opportunity to officially meet Dr. Brophy but I was looking forward to taking a class with him next spring. I had heard so many wonderful things about him through Aroutis Foster and was really looking forward to learning from him. My condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
Punya – I never knew Jere but only heard wonderful things about him. I am so sorry for your loss. Melissa
I am so heartbroken right now. My heart goes out to Jere’s family. His grandson was involved in my dissertation and Jere was on my committee.
He played an integral role in my development as a graduate student. His work has inspired my interest in motivation. My very first publication on games and motivation to learn was as a result of course I had taken with him. I developed my manuscript for that publication in class and he pushed me to publish it. He edited the manuscript and spoke to me about what the reviewers would look for in the paper. His influence and his work continue to play a central role in my work.
He had a keen interest graduate students and their work. I would sit in his office to brainstorm ideas about motivation and he would help me to make the connections to my work. I will miss him so much because of all he has done to help shape my work and interests. He was a giant in Education and a world renown expert and researcher on Motivation. I met numerous people through him during my attendance to AERA conferences and he was always willing to introduce me to other giants in the field.
I remember my last meeting with him in July 2009 and we made plans to develop a paper on motivation from my dissertation. He wished me good luck with my new job and says that I will do well. Now all I have to do is work hard to be successful and not to fail him and my other great mentors at Michigan State University.
Thank you Aroutis. I know you speak for generations of scholars who have been mentored by Jere over the years.