Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Teaching/Education
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James Harding posted the link below on Facebook yesterday which reminded me of a number of related articles recently discussing the relationship (or lack thereof) between higher education and pastoral/priestly vocations. James linked to The Consolation of Theology: Or Why We Need Scholar Priests | The Curate’s Desk. Other related links to that article include:…
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An interesting looking online course Gender Through Comic Books | Canvas Network that partners a study of gender in comics with required reading materials being available to purchase through digital comic providers (in this case, Comixology). Wondering if such a model might work for distance/online theological education?
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Quick, helpful list of instructions for combining the three writing tools. Scrivener, EndNote and Word – Citing References | having words.
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Writing is not my default method for communication. I used to dread the start of the school terms because of the obligatory ‘write about what you did in the holidays’ essay. Words do not go onto paper easily for me. As Hemingway said, ‘There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at…
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It’s that time of year when a new crop of students arrive for this first semester, joining the others who are returning to continue or finish their degrees. And one of the first things that they’ll encounter in their course outlines and instructions for essays are will be guidelines about academic honesty and correct citation…
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I quite like how Prezi can create a different perspective on a presentation, either as part of a person’s talk or as a standalone tool. But unless it’s done well it can be quite disorientating. Here are a couple of different presentations (just given for example, rather than as ‘good’ examples) I’ve seen recently that…
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Knox Centre 2013 scholarships The Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership is offering scholarships to Presbyterians doing part-time or full-time theological studies through Otago and Auckland Universities, Laidlaw College, Carey Baptist College and the EIDTS. Application deadline is 31 March. See the KCML website for information. via Knox Centre 2013 scholarships | Presbyterian Church of…
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Clearing out links that have been in the browser for a while. These ones relate to teaching and learning. Learning Aloud – Videos are what students want and not what they need and Derek’s Blog » Thinking more about game-based learning Post links through to some game-based learning blogs and sites, and has some comments…
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Have decided to try out Scrivener to get the writing back on track. So a week or two of trying things out while I write my conference paper ‘Divine Demons and Demonic Angels: Biblical Afterlives and the Inversion of Good and Evil in Contemporary Popular Culture’ I’m hoping this will help get me up to…
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Spent Thursday and Friday down in Wellington at the Salvation Army’s Booth College of Mission for the annual New Zealand Association of Theological Schools meeting. This year the meeting looked at where theological education is in NZ at the moment and where it might be in 15 years times. Some very interesting discussion, including some…