All I need to know I learned from Lisa Simpson http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/ Popular Culture and Education en Copyright 2011 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:18:35 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.31-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss T. Friedman on education Preaching to this choir!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/opinion/21friedman.html

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/10/t_friedman_on_education.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/10/t_friedman_on_education.html Extra, Extra! Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:18:35 -0600 The trouble with classroom boredom I am in a work training class. I have already gotten the point. I am bored. I've checked me email, read some of the NYTIMES and the BBC. How in the world did I survive so many years of school? How will I survive PhD work?

My sympathy to all under challenged students, young and old, out there.

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http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/05/18/evocriticism/index.html?source=newsletter

A new class is beginning today, so don't be surprised to find some more postings here....

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/05/importance_of_fiction.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/05/importance_of_fiction.html Extra, Extra! Mon, 18 May 2009 11:09:13 -0600 Thar she blows! This is the end.....the only end my friend....(any Doors fans who know the actual words?)....

My paper, at 15 pages including bibliography, can't be any longer just now. It isn't in the assignment to exceed this length. it isn't in my constitution and I dare not ask anyone to read more at this juncture. Though not included at the end of the paper, I'd like to point out that my intention is for this to not be The End, but a pause, chapter ending, or continuation in the next episode. Next season will feature such breath taking thrills as possible session outlines (aka lesson plans) and further exploration of the details of existing intersections between popular culture and civic engagement.

So cross the jump....

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/04/preparing_for_the_final.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/04/preparing_for_the_final.html Assignments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:40:09 -0600 MPCA/MACA - the Midwest Chapter For anyone who was tempted by my rambles about the PCA/ACA, but maybe prefer to start at the still thrilling but smaller and a bit cheaper regional level, please click on to the entry for....

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http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/757730/all_i_need_to_know

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/04/wordle_1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/04/wordle_1.html Extra, Extra! Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:15:48 -0600 Food, travel, learnin' - NOLA style From Wednesday to Sunday I was in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the PCA/ACA conference. While "work" was the primary objective, food trumps just about anything for me especially when traveling.

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http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=99

Kinda interesting. Sadly at the moment I'm behind on conference preparations so I can't find out more for you.

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(I had to use the opening link where the back up band get their props!)

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/possible_final_project_stuff.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/possible_final_project_stuff.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:08:48 -0600 Fake News, take 1 Satire is not a form/technique well integrated into American culture. Sure there is SNL and The Simpsons, The Daily Show and the charming Jane Bond, Nancy Clue, and the Hardly Boys novels of Mabel Maney and of course The Onion. Just the same, these are cultural artefacts more to the fringe than the center and often receiving harsh criticism when their satirical essence is misunderstood...or missed all together.

]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/fake_news_take_1.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/fake_news_take_1.html Reading Responses Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:57:19 -0600 Fats Domino & Gene Autry "I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill" was one of Fats Domino's best known hits....and he got it from Gene Autry!

The cross-fertilization of popular music is to fascinating.

Also, did you know Johnny Cash's home down was created by the New Deal?

(information from the 2/23/2009 Bop Street show - archived at http://www.kfai.org/node/46)

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]]> http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/play_time.html http://blog.lib.umn.edu/harv0083/simpsons/2009/03/play_time.html Reading Responses Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:11:24 -0600