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Day 130: Throwback Thursday: That Time I used CM Punk to teach Kairos

June 1, 2017July 23, 2018 phillPedagogy

Again, I originally offered this to a class as an example, I am considering expanding on my reflections on CM Punk. This one starts from a Wikipedia definition of Kairos and goes weird places. Kairos.[…]

Day 110: Nothing pulls it all together like an article on Inside HigherEd

May 12, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So this one made the rounds today. I want to respond to it, mostly because two times this week I talked about academic bullying in varied contexts, and it’s not a new topic at all[…]

Day 94: Love & Honor & Micro-aggressions

April 26, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

Usually when I say ‘micro-aggression’ I’m about to talk about race or gender. Today, though, I have a perfect example of how the concepts behind the problem with micro-aggressions don’t have to be confined to[…]

Day 91: The Failure Proposition

April 23, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

This is my reduced teaching philosophy, if I needed a short one: We learn by failing and trying again. We lost that in academia a long time ago, and now everyone needs to get their[…]

Day 87: When Learning Isn't What You Thought It Was

April 20, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I’ve taken a number of classes on pedagogy, and I’ve taken more classes still that involved reading theory. I now teach classes that use theory, and I sometimes help train people in how to teach.[…]

Day 86: It's that time again… a guide to requesting a force add/a rant

April 18, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

I awoke today at 8 am to my phone vibrating on my end table. Not new, really. I wake up lots of days to see that happening. But it wasn’t a phone call. It wasn’t[…]

Day 85: Fantastic Must-Read Article for Games and Scholarship

April 17, 2017 phillPedagogy

My boss and general awesome dude Glenn Platt sent me a link to this article which is an interview by Graham Oliver with games lit star Tony Tulathimutte. It’s full of insights that people who love[…]

Day 82: Above all, consistency

April 15, 2017 phillbizarre motivational Phill

Today I had a meeting with one of my independent study students. I felt bad for him, because my lunch meeting ran over and he had to sit through a class session before we could[…]

Day 71: If you're an academic and you hate students…

April 3, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

We’re a day removed from my week of wrestling geekdom, and in response to that, I want to start this week with a wrestling style promo. *cues theme music, pyro, walks slowly to ring as[…]

Day 56: A mid-term reflection on hybrid classes

March 19, 2017 phillPedagogy

If you’ve ever explored my website, you probably came across my teaching philosophy statement. What that statement doesn’t detail is my in-classroom persona. It’s a part of my teaching that has been complimented by every[…]