I’ve want to write a post about plagiarism, with reference to an excellent series of educational “what-is-plagiarism?” posters that I recently discovered.
But, the company publishing the posters won’t return my emails asking for permission to reproduce them.
[Plagiarism Paralysis was written by G. Brooke Lester for Anumma.com and was originally posted on 2011/04/06. Except as noted, it is © 2011 G. Brooke Lester and licensed for re-use only under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.]
Studying Religion or Theology: What's The Use?
Akma and Mark (links are to their home pages) shared a Facebook link to the Geek Muse: 100 Reasons to Study Theology and Religion: A Call for Comments. With religion and theology departments coming under the knife, Geek Muse calls for your arguments: how do these programs benefit our society? What good are they? Give it some thought, and go comment.
[Studying Religion or Theology: What's The Use? was written by G. Brooke Lester for Anumma.com and was originally posted on 2010/08/23. Except as noted, it is © 2010 G. Brooke Lester and licensed for re-use only under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.]
[Studying Religion or Theology: What's The Use? was written by G. Brooke Lester for Anumma.com and was originally posted on 2010/08/23. Except as noted, it is © 2010 G. Brooke Lester and licensed for re-use only under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.]
The Endless Summer of Endless Teaching…
…ends very soon. In mere days, in fact. Thanks for your patience, and don't delete that RSS feed just yet.
In the meantime, enjoy [FOOTNOTE] the biblical exegesis of Wanda Jackson (“Hard Headed Woman”).
BACK TO POST“enjoy" here ≈ being acutely reminded of how frequently the only “empowerment” available has amounted to “internalizing as self-loathing the sweeping prejudices of the patriarchy, but being really saucy and spunky about it.” h/t to Judy in comments.
[The Endless Summer of Endless Teaching… was written by G. Brooke Lester for Anumma.com and was originally posted on 2010/07/19. Except as noted, it is © 2010 G. Brooke Lester and licensed for re-use only under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.]
Higher Education Blogroll
If you haven’t noticed it before, this page sports two blogrolls. The second one, titled “Other Academic Blogs,” lists some of my favorite (non-biblical studies) bloggers in higher education. Most are women, and most are pseudonymous.
Check them out, if you haven’t already or if you haven’t lately. Let me know if you suggest any additions.
[Higher Education Blogroll was written by G. Brooke Lester for Anumma.com and was originally posted on 2010/04/13. Except as noted, it is © 2010 G. Brooke Lester and licensed for re-use only under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.]
Passover on YouTube
Overwhelmed this week? Yes, thanks for asking. In the meantime, enjoy a collection of YouTube videos relating to Passover, courtesy of JR.
A Wiki Bible (at כל־האדם)
I will write more substantively on this later on, but for now, just take a look at Joseph’s post and its comment thread.
Short version of my response: I very much like the idea of a Bible translation that is subject to the Wiki’s ways.
Is it Just Me?
Or do you hear the strains of a modern Qohelet in the weary workplace recollections of a dime-store Cassandra? (Eff-Bomb Alert: grown-up language for grown-ups.)
Google Wave in Education? Talk to Me
I have finally gotten a Google Wave invite, and have started mucking around. Is anybody out there using Google Wave for collaborative projects in education? If you are, please tell me about it in the Comments. Or, point me to any examples or resources that you know about.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Real Biblical Scholar Makes End-Times Prediction
Although Duane, for his part, offers no proofs, I unhesitatingly entrust my eggs to the basket of his own prediction.
Which means I’ll have to create my summer courses after all, I guess.
Why Do You Think We Offer Them Insurance?
You don’t need me to tell you that being a student is a chancy business. As Ph.D. comics notes, there are the perils of summer.
Then, there are the special hazards of fall. Like, your Hebrew teacher singing.
Hammotzi
Stay safe out there, everyone.
Hit Count Humor
If all of my posts contained the words “Barack,” “Hussein,” “Obama,” and “anti-Christ,” I would be king of the A-list bloggers in about a week.
Gentle Summer Inquiry
Does one start talking yet about how close we are to fall classes?
Or shall one still maintain at this point a show of denial?
Or shall one still maintain at this point a show of denial?
Plaintive Haiku: Summer Vacation Edition
∞∞∞
No course load. Out there:
Warm, green, bright freedom. In here?
Chained fast to email.
Breaking News, Anumma Style
So, Berubé has been back for eight months. I just noticed it, while loitering around Akma’s picking gum off my shoe and scratching. More bleeding-edge news as it arrives, if I don’t wander absent-mindedly into the sea or break my legs tripping over my slack jaw.
The “If Youda Ast Me, I Coulda Told Ya” Department
We all knew that Akma’s Random Thoughts is an Awesome Blog by one of the World’s Smartest People, but it is nice to see it made official.
H/T to James McGrath, who notes that the alert eye will find around the blogosphere other lights who are not less in brilliance.
It’s So Pretty. What Does It Do?
Bound copies of my dissertation arrived from Pro-Quest yesterday!
Handsomely bound, suitable for display, stopping doors, and as a coaster. Also cures insomnia (which is ironic, considering how many nights the thing woke me in a clammy sweat.)
New Link: PaleoBabble
I have a post in progress about “pseudohistory” as a species of woo. In the meantime, have a gander at the blog that inspired my reflections on the topic: Mike Heiser’s PaleoBabble, dedicated to the ongoing struggle against “cyber-twaddle and misguided research about the ancient world.”