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A Struggling Writer Tackles Journalism: Moving from Creative Writing to Journalistic Reporting 13 Aug 2011 | 02:57 am
Guest Article by Cesar R. Bustamante, Jr., Multimedia Journalist Follow me on Twitter! @crbustamante I can’t recall when I started writing but I can recall when I took it seriously. I was in 9th ...
The Implications of Google + on Classroom Hybridization 27 Jul 2011 | 03:01 am
You may not have heard of Google +, which is commonly heralded as “Facebook but not Facebook,” a social networking site that works in myriad different ways than Facebook. It’s run (obviously) by Googl...
What Makes a Bad Teacher? 3 Jul 2011 | 05:54 am
So frequently we have discussions about the qualities we should (and would like) to see in a “good” teacher. With Cameron Diaz’s Bad Teacher looming in the box office, however, I couldn’t help but won...
Taoism: The Natural Life 13 Jun 2011 | 01:09 pm
Taoism (actually pronounced Dow-ism) is a philosophical religion (and I use religion here loosely) that began to develop in China around 500 BC. This time marked a period in China’s history known as T...
Points of Parity and Touchscreen Devices 11 Jun 2011 | 06:42 am
It was late Monday evening at JFK International Airport when I had an unexpected encounter. As I walked towards the British Airways lounge, I noticed a store advertising the Blackberry Playbook. The m...
OMG TECHNOLOGY IZ KILLING ENGRISH! 8 Jun 2011 | 01:43 am
So I was in my composition theory course, and I commented on how pathetic it was that an author claimed technology and the increasingly globalized economy are killing the “academy” (essentially, educa...
Post-Modernism: An Introduction and Focus on Critical Theory 8 Jun 2011 | 01:21 am
Post-modern philosophy encompasses a period of time that began in the middle of the 20th century and many say is still progressing. Post-modernism itself is hard to define and was influenced by a var...
Continental vs. Analytic 7 Jun 2011 | 07:07 am
In the 20th century, the field of philosophy was under going some big changes. Science was playing a big role in the world and caused a big change here in America and in England. Other countries were ...
New Pedagogical Techniques with Classical Topics 3 Jun 2011 | 04:56 am
I’m constantly conflicted in my pedagogical beliefs and methodologies, primarily because I believe so strongly in technological implementation into the classroom but also believe in a more classical f...
Welcome to (un)Enlightened Academy! 3 Jun 2011 | 02:47 am
Hi all! If you were looking for (un)Enlightened English or (un)Enlightened Philosophy, you may have noticed some changes afoot, so I wanted to make a quick news post to explain what is happening to th...