Summary: MultiMarkdown lets me write formatted documents, in a human-readable plain text, exportable either to *.html (for the Web) or to *.rtf (for word processing). Such a plain-text file will archive practically forever. This post is written in MultiMarkdown.
Filed under: Digital Humanities, Writing | Tagged: blogging, Markdown, media, reading, Writing | 3 Comments »
Summary: I wrote before about exercises in active reading. Here I look especially at textbook chapters and active reading. The steps may seem time-consuming, but in practice it is an incredible time saver: with interactive reading, you can read the chapter once instead of several times, because you retain the content at a much higher rate than through passive reading.
Filed under: Education, Research | Tagged: active reading, advice, being a student, learning, reading | 2 Comments »
Summary: Seminary students arrive with a wide range of preparedness to do “active reading” (a wider range than in many Masters programs, I think). What kinds of activities can model and enhance active reading, in a non-remedial way that’s good for the largest number of students?
Filed under: Critical Thinking, Education | Tagged: argument, being a student, Critical Thinking, learning, reading | Leave a Comment »
Summary: Reading the Hebrew Bible—aloud, for my part—in two years, with the Miqra Group.
Filed under: Hebrew Language, Old Testament | Tagged: blogging, fluency, Hebrew, language, reading | 6 Comments »
Summary: a new contribution on How (Not) to Do Conference Presentations, with a defense of the “Reading Aloud” mode of presenting.
Filed under: Writing | Tagged: academia, presentation, reading, SBL | 4 Comments »
As a kind of resolution for 2010, our rector has decided that we’ll be reading the Bible this year (I pause here for jokes about the Episcopal Church and knowing nods; better now? okay). The initial vehicle will be a ten-week reading group, working through The Story: Read the Bible as One Seamless Story from [...]
Filed under: Books & Reviews, Education, Old Testament | Tagged: church, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, reading | 5 Comments »
Summary: RIP J.D. Salinger.
Filed under: An Informal Word | Tagged: reading, religion, teaching | Leave a Comment »
Summary: Charles Halton has offered a schedule for reading Context of Scripture in a year. Anybody besides me giving it a shot?
Filed under: Ancient Near East | Tagged: collegiality, history, inscriptions, literature, reading | 8 Comments »
Summary: Neil Gaiman: I’ll be happy to, but *why*?
Filed under: An Informal Word | Tagged: fiction, reading | 8 Comments »
