Why aren’t reasonable compromises allowed? That is the main theme of Bron Taylor’s column in The Gainesville Sun, and I say “Amen.” In the last several months, I’ve attended numerous meetings regarding the College’s budget cuts — departmental meetings, Senate meetings, faculty meetings and meetings of the Senate Task Force on the Budget. At every […]
The Gainesville Sun headline reads: A worst-case budget for UF cuts 140 jobs. The story in its 20 inches of space tries to capture some of the magnitude, personal loss and often arbitrary nature of the budget cuts. Faculty and staff cut. Some programs closed. Learning diminished. Lives changed.
Celebrating women’s accomplishments in technology I’m joining hundreds of bloggers today in celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, which recognizes the accomplishments of women in technology. I’ve included a screen capture from today’s blog from Ian Douglas in The Telegraph, which included a photo of Ada Lovelace and a brief bio. When I heard that today was the […]
222,000 reasons to make changes to the Bright Futures program The Florida legislature is talking about an issue that UF professors have been concerned about for years — the impact of students dropping classes. For this semester at the University of Florida, the drop date is April 10. That’s the date that students can use […]
Rebecca Lieb is the editor-in-chief of the ClickZ Network provides an interesting perspective as being both an editor and a blogger. As an editor, she encourages the site’s bloggers to have something to say. That would seem obvious, but she notes that sometimes you as a writer can get caught in the trap of thinking […]
I’ve been reading books about blogging both to help me in my own blogging and to help me in including up-to-date trends and strategies about blogging in my teaching. As I hope to encourage a group I work with to join me in a group blog, I’m going to highlight a few points about blogging […]
When I first started teaching high school English and journalism, I discovered the benefit of using newspapers in teaching. I purchased the class set myself to use with the newspaper staff but used the paper In other classes, too. Their biggest success – from my perspective as the new teacher – was in my 10th […]
What’s going to happen to all the journalists who are losing their jobs due to downsizing in the media? This initiatve, funded by the Knight Foundation, is one answer Working with Stony Brook University, Knight will pay to train 50 former journalists to teach news literacy on university campuses around the country. On a separate […]
The FCAT editorial cartoon leaves out a key player in Dorothy’s FCAT quest — the Wizard of Oz. You’ll remember that he was behind the curtain in a little room turning the dials and knobs to create the illusions and sounds of Oz. Lots of groups and individuals are behind the curtain making FCAT (and […]
Of course, the public schools have more than their share of challenges. This week starts the FCAT testing, which determines promotion for some grade levels and school rankings. No wonder many schools have FCAT pep rallies.
Julie Dodd 