Monthly Archives: August 2009

I dropped Margaret off at the airport this morning, so she can teach at Loyola tomorrow and then fly to Michigan in order to drive Pippa to Interlochen to start at her new school. We deliberated carefully over the possibility … Continue reading →

A nice post over at Andrew Sullivan’s place explains why it’s hard to squeeze blood from the educational turnip.

Tomorrow being a business day, when I might hear from the British Embassy about my visa — and my being a cautiously glass-half-full kind of guy — I’m thinking ahead to life in Scotland. In order better to acquaint myself … Continue reading →

It’s hard for me to concentrate on productive pastimes, but I’ve found some more examples of positive uses of digital media for New Testament teaching. On the audio side, Philip Harland’s podcasts on the Historical Jesus will complement the course … Continue reading →

“When we avoid using money directly for public purposes, our money gets used indirectly to subvert public purposes.” — Tom Matrullo   In other words, we can entrust tax dollars to government (which observes some standards of marginal transparency and … Continue reading →

In a comment to my post about the SBL’s technology initiative, Mary Hess noted that Luther Seminary has actually produced effecive examples of this sort of biblical-education website; how about spotlighting their work (and maybe supporting and building out from … Continue reading →

I’ve already passed this along on Facebook, but it must also be redistributed via blog (Magrey de Vega, husband of the quick-witted Jessica T. de Vega, both my former students, called it to my attention in the first place). This … Continue reading →

New York reports that the Embassy is now processing my visa application. They estimate five to ten business days; last time was much faster, but I have heard that second applications get more painstaking attention.   All modes of intercession … Continue reading →

Today’s IHE includes three articles of interest for Disseminary-minded edutech readers, or their skeptical counterparts. In the first, Joshua Kim sets out a rationale for good-enough applications of technology as opposed to the comprehensive content management packages. As a long-time … Continue reading →

The DSL connection has been really terrible this morning.   “How bad is it, AKMA?”   It’s so bad, I can’t even load the page with the speed test to check to see how slow it is.

The Society of Biblical Literature has been trumpeting its NEH grant to develop a site that promises to “improve public understanding of the Bible and its contexts.” I’m all for improving understanding of the Bible, and you know I’m pro-technology, … Continue reading →