content blitz

I'm getting that anxious feeling that happens to me right before the school year starts again. It's fueled by the rustle of papers on my desk, the flurry of emails from college admin people that start to clog my in-box, and the impending feeling of wondering about my new batch of students. This fall I agreed almost unknowingly to teach the equivalent of 2 1/2 classes, which is more than I think is good for me, knowing how much time i spend commuting to and from SF to the East Bay (and believe you me, that Bay Bridge is a traffic nightmare, even in the middle of the goddamn day! thank god for NPR).

Yesterday was a full day spent implementing the start of hopefully a beautiful new friendship between my class syllabus and the internets: i started a content blog for my upper division Sculpture Class ("Connections" it's called) that will centralize all the information and content that i usually have to dole out individually and piecemeal to each student. It won't take the place of lectures, but then again, this particular class will be more heavy on studio time and critique as opposed to me yapping in front of a powerpoint presentation.

Are you hungering for more content? Do you like to saturate yourself with odd tidbits and weird internet-based informationalisms? if so, mosey on down to the class blog and see what's going on. Hopefully my students will actually VISIT there at some point during the semester!

Right now I'm just throwing stuff up there and will better sort things out as I go along, as well as contextualize things better.

I have to admit, I used WordPress (blogging software) and am generally happy with it, more so than using Blogger. If I wasn't already so set up on Blogger I would move this anti-factory one. Oh well.

Onwards and upwards! The rest of the week will be spent in faculty meetings, going through some woodshop demos to learn new joinery techniques (the biscuit joiner!) so at least i'm not a complete technique doofus for my students. agh.