June 2005
Wednesday 29 June 2005
- Debate on Teacher's Pay - Two economists -- Michael Podgursky and Lawrence Mishel -- are debating whether or not teachers are underpaid on the National Council on Teacher Quality website. A very interesting conversation. This is the NCTQ's first "Square Off" dialogue, and I hope they'll continue this. You can vote for who you feel... (14:09 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 18 June 2005
- Impro II: Status - In this entry, I continue and conclude my discussion of Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone (New York: Routledge, 1981) and its implications for educators. For my earlier discussions of Chapter I visit here and here. CHAPTER TWO: STATUS In the second chapter of Impro, Johnstone focuses on... (11:37 | 0 Trackbacks | 5 Comments)
Tuesday 14 June 2005
- Impro Ia: Related Reading - In my discussion of chapter one of Impro, I talk about Keith Johnstone's notion that students fear failure and this becomes a blockage to learning. I just read a blog entry by John Moore at Brand Autopsy called "Lessons Learning from Improv" that summarizes some key life lessons he gleaned... (19:57 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Sunday 12 June 2005
- Impro I: Notes on Myself - Years ago, my old writing friend Bruce Holland Rogers mentioned a book to me called Impro by Keith Johnstone. It's a book about improvisational theater, but Bruce said it really taught him a lot about the creative process as a writer. I've finally gotten around to reading this book, and... (22:21 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
Sunday 5 June 2005
- Knock Knock Films - Who's there? Summer. I think. It's summertime, and while I'm still keeping busy with prep work for a summer residency for our Writing Popular Fiction graduate program, I've started wearing shorts again and doing some creative writing and generally trying to relax. On my agenda: finding ephemeral DVDs and watching... (13:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)