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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…
I don't know if anyone has been following the back and forth following my posting about the Periodic Table of Typefaces (see Yet another periodic table...). In brief, I was quite critical of the design of this table and made that point in no uncertain terms. Imagine...
I just completed a presentation at the symposium organized by the Department of Curriculum Design & Educational Innovation, University of Twente. Later this afternoon I will be conducting a workshop on creativity and the TPACK framework. The slides for both the...
Does beauty have a role to play in learning to code? Can code aspire to beauty and elegance? In this article, we argue that it does and it should. Read on... Good, J., Keenan, S. & Mishra, P. (2016). Education:=Coding+Aesthetics; Aesthetic Understanding,...
I just found out that our next article in the series on Technology and Creativity is now published. You can find a link and the complete reference below. Written this time with Dr. Danah Henriksen, with help from the Deep-Play Research group, in this paper we extend...
In a previous post I explored some of the visual capabilities of ChatGPT. This is a continuation of those experiments, where ChatGPT helped me identify the date and time of a solar eclipse based on a photo I took decades ago, as a graduate student at the University of...
Last Friday we celebrated the latest graduates from the MAET off campus program. These were students, who for the most part, have completed the MAET program over three summers in Plymouth, England. We here at MAET headquarters are extremely proud of their...
While searching for information for my previous posting on using eclipses to see, I came across an interesting paper that provided yet another way of figuring out the shape of the Earth. Lynch, D.K. (2005). Turbulent ship wakes: further evidence that the Earth is...
There is an absolutely dull and pointless story in today's NYTimes on creativity. Though it is titled Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work, this story clearly did not take much time to write. I agree not all articles in the Times are (or need to be) hard news......
Chris Fahnoe, just sent me a link to a piece on KQED on measuring creativity. Nothing particularly new here but reading it sent me down a rabbit-hole of some quotes and ideas I had been wanting to blog about for a while. So here goes. All this started when I read a...
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.