poetry
on course design
nature is healing (1)
Summer 2024 was the first time in ten years that I had taken my full contractual month of annual leave to travel and spend quality time in the nearest approximation, by conventional standards, to what counts as “home.”
(more…)on midterm breaks
30 September: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Here is something that I wrote last year for its 30th of September, in what might superficially seem unconnected: a course called “Introduction to the Literatures and Cultures of the Romance World I: Medieval to Early Modern.” But all things are connected, even if you have to do some thinking work to get there. And that work is always worth doing and a good thing. Especially today.
This post is about poetry and listening.
(more…)term-long, weekly, and short assignments for university French (translating to other languages too) for #COVIDcampus #remoteteaching #remotelearning
two very-short-story-sprouts / #COVIDcampus #remoteteaching #remotelearning
Animal reading: teaching and learning about animal thinking
This essay is based on a talk given in January 2020 at the Modern Language Association Convention in Seattle, whose Presidential Theme was “Being Human.” (more…)
Juliet O’Brien 