November 25, 2009
This is in response to a recent article in the New York Times.
Archive for November, 2009
Let the Moon Be
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Collaborative Handmade Thinking
Friday, November 20th, 2009Friday, November 20, 2009.
This week, I had my students work collaboratively in small groups on developing a large scale drawing that represented their shared response to the assigned reading for the day. After seeing how enthusiastically they dove into this project, I kicked myself for not having them dive in earlier. Here below are some action shots, and the results of their labors. The drawings are based upon the formats I have assigned to them earlier in the term.
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Blue Chips
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009November 18, 2009
And freshly drawn on my kitchen counter:
The Scales from My Eyes
Friday, November 13th, 2009Friday, November 13, 2009
Here below are a series of drawings that take the format of a scale or balance beam. These were drawn by students in response to assigned readings in our course texts, including John T. Gage’s The Shape of Reason: Argumentative Writing in College
and Bill McKibben’s American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau.
I had given students 14 formats to use when composing their drawings, but this format was not one of them. There was in fact no format that would prompt students to contrast ideas, to demonstrate cause and effect, or to show the delicate balance and relationship between two concepts.
I appreciate what my students have taught me here, and I will add this format to future options.
Banana Science
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009November 11, 2009
Flight Recorder
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009November 4, 2009.
