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Are You Teaching Online?
Are you teaching online? How are your online discussions going? Would you like your students to be more engaged and even take ownership of these discussions? We have resources for you. Online discussions are challenging. They were challenging even before the abrupt...
The Constitution: Why It Matters–a series of presentations and discussions
In partnership with the Princeton Public Library, Voices from the Prairie, and Midwest Partners Foundation, the Interactivity Foundation is supporting a series of free public presentations and discussions on the Constitution and Why It Matters. Each of the four...
New Look for IF’s Website
We are very pleased to announce that we have recently completed a significant makeover of our website. While there may still be a little sawdust to sweep up and some touch-up painting to complete, our new site is certainly brighter, cleaner, and we think more...
Georgetown Neighborhood Library: Dance, Lunch, and Conversation
Interactive dance performance, lunch, and stimulating, facilitated discussion. Get out and learn something new. We will begin at noon with a dance performance, enjoy a free boxed lunch (courtesy of the DC Department of Aging and Community Living-DACL), and spend...
Why Do We Need Deliberative Pedagogy?
Why do we need deliberative pedagogy? The short answer is that we can’t solve complex social problems if we can’t get together and talk about them. It seems simple, right? But in our current era of political polarization and retreat into comfortable, familiar...
A “Living Art Installation” and Sustained Community Discussion
During the fall of 2019, the Interactivity Foundation partnered with Philadelphia-based muralist, Michelle Angela Ortiz, to create a “living art installation” about family detention and separation in Pennsylvania. “Nunca Dejemos de Luchar” was created through...
Nine Minutes of Wisdom with Jack Byrd
Nine minutes of wisdom, a conversation with Jack Byrd, President of the Interactivity Foundation, with insights from his 50+ years of teaching at WVU. The Main Thing Podcast, Episode...
Financial Fragility and the Future of Retirement Discussions
You have probably heard that 40% of Americans cannot cover a $400 emergency expense, or that about half of Americans are not saving anything for their retirement, or, which might be worse, that there is a shame in our society associated with talking about finances...
Summer Concert, Conversation, and Lunch Series
What’s a wonderful way to spend a summer afternoon? There are many. Last summer, IF, in partnership with Culture Saves, IONA, the D.C. Public Libraries, and the D.C. Department of Aging and Community Living, invited Washington residents to a series of four events...
The High Rocks Academy & Collaborative Discussion Program
This summer the Interactivity Foundation partnered with the High Rocks Academy in West Virginia to offer a pilot program in Collaborative Discussion. Instructors Tristan Nutter and Thea Rossman worked with the Interactivity Foundation to create a new summer camp...
