Working on setting up courses at the SLF this morning. Exciting! I’m going to be taking this one. More info soon. ***** Intro to Screenwriting — 6 week online course ($350) Instructor: Ted Schneider September 6 – October 11 Tuesdays 6 – 8:30 CST Course Description: Instructor Bio:
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I took a break from memoir revision to work on drafting some course guidelines for the SLF. We’re getting more and more requests for writing classes, which is great. I’m not sure how quickly we can implement these, but possibly as soon as this fall. ***** I’ve been envisioning a three-tier model for instruction at
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Folks, we’ve got one week to go on our Kickstarter, and as you can see, we’re likely to make our goal, which is terrific! I think there’s a good chance we’ll hit it today, which will be very exciting. I’ve already started working with Meghan Lamb on developing the intro to fiction sequence; I think
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Be gentle with the teachers in your lives, folks. A lot of us are just barely keeping it together, after two-plus years of pandemic teaching. I ran into a colleague I hadn’t seen in a while yesterday, and he asked how the semester had been, and I was going to give the standard polite ‘fine,’
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Just gave my students their final assignments for this week, the last week of the semester. Really feeling how much it’s been 2+ years of pandemic teaching, with the near-constant need to pivot and adapt, over and over and over again; the exhaustion is hitting hard. Will be good to rest this summer. (Photo is
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Came up with a fun assignment for my intro-to-fiction class today, that I think went pretty well. Good if you’re stuck on what to write: Assignment: Ripped From the Headlines! 1) Join a small group in breakout room (aim for about 3-4 people / group) 2) Jointly pick a publication with an online website and
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I’m sad and frustrated to note that our UIC grad students are on the verge of striking. “The UIC Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), which represents Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants, remains far apart from the University administration on issues of salary, fees, and protections against workplace harassment, assault, and bullying. GEO intends to begin an
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I ran into a colleague in the elevator on campus, and we said hi, cheerfully, and I asked how she was doing, and she said, “Oh, dragging a little bit. After spring break.” I replied, “After the last two years.” We both laughed, but with that slightly exhausted, bitter edge that says, yup, it has
This post is going around, and I agree it makes no sense on the face of it. I’m guessing that what’s actually going on is that this is a grant-funded research position, and they have someone lined up for it already, someone who will be paid for research and possibly do no actual teaching at
“Another interesting reading from this Sartre fellow; I’m surprised I haven’t heard of him before. Well, I guess that’s what classes like this are for.” – from one of my students’ reading journals tonight We live to serve.
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