I had to post this, just for the reference to toots. House hearing on global warming features politics, research, and flatulent dinosaurs Members of Congress who bring dinosaur flatulence into a debate over climate change tread on dangerous territory, given their own reputations for producing hot air. (Via Chronicle.com – […]
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The following email should have arrived the other day to all SBL members. I also wanted specifically to remind folks about the Aramaic Studies Session. We hope to have two sections, one focusing upon Aramaic texts/issues relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Propose your paper now and avoid the rush! […]
The SBL Book Review email arrived and I was pleasantly surprised to see a review of my book, The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations, by my friend Jan-Wim Wesselius. The review can be found here. It is a very positive and friendly review. I just want to make a couple of […]
Lewis Mystery Solved Did Lewis write “The Dark Tower”? Seems plausible to me (although I have not given it much thought.) According to the CT Article this C.S. Lewis mystery is solved. Heads RalphEd! (Via Christianity Today Magazine.)
I already posted my speech from the MLK Peace Service, but I have no recorded it for those who are listening to our Schreyer Honors College Podcasts. I thought I would share it here as well.
This is an appeal to my colleagues: Does anyone know the legality of making copies of articles one has published, either in a volume or a journal, available online? My assumption is that we are not allowed to do that, but given the medium of the blog and the limited […]
by Diarmaid MacCulloch. “Original spin” is a very positive review, albeit with perhaps more modern analgies than Goodman might have intended or than some will find necessary. The final part of Goodman’s book expounds his theory of a tragic accident: a mixture of happenstance and narrowly cynical political calculation which […]
So, ELI is over now. I will be heading to the ATL airport shortly and then home! I have missed some snow but my weather widget tells me there will be more later in the week. It was a very good conference. I learned a good amount about educational technology, […]
Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program, Cornell University Anita Rho, Student, Cornell University Abstract Facebook represents a growing number of applications that provide communication, connection, and community building among users, so please bring your laptop to this session for an introduction to this cool […]
Carl F. Berger, Professor and Dean Emeritus, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Abstract Research on students and faculty and differences in the use of technology in teaching and learning at the University of Michigan show how a new millennial instructor is emerging, sometimes resembling the millennium student, and sometimes the traditional […]