Hey Everyone, here is my updated listing of "Other Things to do in Madison". Other Activities - alpha listing I'll be sending you individual emails next week just to confirm arrival times and airport transport (if applicable). I hope everyone is enjoying their...
This entry covers the Summer Institute activities that will focus on course development and the exploration of the educational implications of using the IF discussion process in your classrooms.
This entry focuses on the story of Thomas and how participation in an IF-style discussion group can help a student develop the social relationships s/he needs for success in college.
This entry spells out the major activities at the Summer Institute that will focus on learning the discussion process and practicing effective discussion facilitation.
To: 2009 Summer Institute Faculty & Participating IF Fellows Re: Travel Planning & Other Logistics. Hey everyone, I'm about to take off for meetings in West Virginia for a couple of days, but I wanted to get this update out to you on some of the advance...
This entry describes the third stage of the IF discussion process: using the exploration of consequences to help revise the policy possibilities.
On the lighter side of the Summer Institute, I just happened to notice this little NY Times article on "36 Hours in Madison Wisconsin" and thought you might want to give it a look. Of course Pete Shively and Adolf Gundersen, both long time denizens of Madison, can...
This post gives some examples of what we mean by taking a more conceptual approach in your discussions.
There's an interesting section on "Thinking as Doing" in Matthew Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft that can help shed light on what we're trying to convey in our approach to collaborative and developmental discussions (my earlier post on Crawford's book is here)....
This post describes the second of the three stages in the Interactivity Foundation's discussion process: generating and developing some contrasting possibilities to respond to the big questions about the area of concern raised in the first stage of the discussion process.