Last week I described the Interactivity Foundation's discussion process as flowing through roughly three stages: generating questions, generating diverse responses to those questions, and then revising those responses by exploring...

Our focus in the blog and in the Summer Institute is on exploring connections between the Interactivity Foundation's "sanctuary discussion process" and the classroom.  In earlier postings I've talked about...

I'd like to offer a brief word of farewell to commemorate the passing of a dear friend and mentor, Jay Stern.  Jay passed away this past Saturday, June 13, 2009....

In the Interactivity Foundation (IF) we often talk about "sanctuary discussions" or "the IF discussion process" in pretty interchangeable ways.  In this post I'll describe some of the key features...

One major impetus for using IF's approach to student-centered discussions is to engage students in more active, and interactive, learning in the classroom.  It's a way to connect thinking and doing,...

Forgive me my nod to Austin Powers (and Inspector Clouseau before him), but I realize you might find yourself wondering just what is it that we do in the Interactivity...

I'm uploading here a series of "Conceptual Essays" on IF and our approach to public discussion. The essays complement our other more hands-on documents by placing our work in a larger...

Let me add my hearty "Welcome to the '09 Summer Institute!" to those already expressed by Jeff, Pete, and Sue. I'm very much looking forward to the week, all...

I just wanted to send a short greeting to everyone.  I look forward to meeting you and will be posting some materials here on this site that will hopefully be...