I hate it here (waves hand around and stops out of the room).

Whenever I hear the theme song I instantly just feel happy.

I agree. This was a terrific class and I’ve already been reading more poetry to find inspiration for a title for my book!

I love this film (and the hand flex), but after watching Succession, I have a hard time watching Darcy and not seeing Tom Wambsgans!

I think about the fact that she is married to him EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Craft Seminar: Art of Decisions with Eula Biss and Saeed Jones — The Shipman Agency 1 Session: Sunday, April 27 3:00-5:30pm ET Eula Biss and Saeed Jones Collaborators Saeed Jones and Eula Biss dreamed up this craft class while co-teaching a writing workshop that invited some live...

This is the one I’m taking:

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I love Saaed Jones.

Ah no. But that sounds good!

Oh I’m signed up for a writing workshop in a few weeks too! I wonder if it’s the same one. But that’s great that they reached out.

I’m very excited for this (already signed up!).

As someone who is writing her first book and teaching a new course this spring, I’ve loved Jocelyn Bartevicius’ chapter, “On Failure: Notes Towards a Pedagogy of Risk.” So many gems! Here’s to everyone’s “little failures” this semester!

“Writing is built upon failure, dozens or hundreds of flawed openings, paragraphs, images.”

“Teaching, like writing, involves rough drafts (little failures) and revisions.”

I’ve been reading a lot on intellectual risk-taking for an upcoming workshop. 🧵

And I appreciate the Press's willingness to publish my graphic illustrations to accompany each chapter of the book, many of which were inspired by my interactions with my creative, precocious, and curious daughter.

I'm so grateful for the support (and patience!) @derekkrissoff.bsky.social and @aberzanskis.bsky.social have shown me over the past few months, including answering many of my (curious) questions. They are terrific people to work with if anyone is considering writing a book for college instructors.

A comic drawing of a 3-year-old girl with pigtails and her hands in the air asking the question, "But why?"

Something I'm looking forward to in 2025 is completing a draft of my book on evoking curiosity in the college classroom. This week, I just signed a contract with University of Oklahoma Press's Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed Series. 🧵

I feel like in 2017 I just watched Parks and Rec on repeat for this reason (not always hopeful re: the efficiency of the government but funny and boy did I need to laugh).

I’ve never felt more seen.

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I’ve read your chapter many times! I was struck that you wrote about your child in that chapter and my daughter (now 4) sparked a lot of my thinking about the topic.

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. Here's mine:

1) a book for faculty on designing moments for curiosity
2) themed conferences are too constraining 😬

My answers--Radiohead, the movie Amelie, and the TV shows Lost and Succession--reflect a certain pop culture sensibility of a geriatric millennial/gen-x cusper. (2/2)

My answers--Radiohead, the movie Amelie, and the TV shows Lost and Succession--reflect a certain pop culture sensibility of a geriatric millennial/gen-x cusper.

I came across a great intro activity from The Art of Noticing substack that I plan to use in my course on curiosity: What could you speak about, with no advance preparation, for 30 minutes? Such a great way to find out more about your students' passions and interests.

How would you answer? (1/2)

Green origami dragon with googly eyes.

CELEBRATION—At the last fellowship mtg of the fall we prioritized celebration. Think sparkling cider in champagne flutes, fancy chocolates, and origami dragons. I’d like to think we started a little tradition that will bring me joy for years to come.

Listen to Learn: Enhancing our pedagogy one podcast at a time.

ENERGY—I piloted a new program called Listen to Learn, which is essentially a podcast club. Faculty liked the idea but attendance was lackluster. At the last session, only a first-year student and instructor showed, but watching the two of them talk was truly the highlight of my semester (5/6).

A list of emergent strategy elements and our interpretations for pathways for play in faculty development programming.

PLAY— @sevello.bsky.social and I developed a game based on the book Emergent Strategy for creating new approaches to fac dev programming. We piloted the game at the NEFDC Conference and received such lovely feedback from fac developers who felt stuck in a rut and needed the space to be curious.

RENEWAL—I met with a music faculty member and learned he loved podcasts. I sent him a link to the podcast Dissect. He told me he liked the pod because he realized it was easier to understand music concepts when you hear them and now he’s considering a podcast-as-text Gen Ed pop music class.

SURPRISE-I offered to plan a CTL retreat with an outside facilitator. Planning these types of things is always a crapshoot. The facilitator introduced us to the SCARF model and boy has it made a difference and given us a language to use when conflict comes up (2/6)
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This semester has been a slog for me, both personally and professionally. So in the spirit of reflection, I’ve identified the top 5 faculty development/ed development moments that brought me surprise, renewal, play, energy, and celebration (in other words, joy).
 
Keep reading. (1/6)

It took me so many years to just accept that my hands will shake when I present in front of people. It’s funny how our body reacts to this kind of stuff…even stuff we WANT to be doing!

I have a colleague who calls this her “smile file.”

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Here's the sketch. It's a damn delight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc7q... (2/2)