Happy Litha, Buried in Work & Fun Trips
Cliff June 20th, 2008
First, I hope everyone has a blessed Litha today! With Sunna at the height of her power, I’m definitely feeling full of energy and excitement (and words…which my coworkers have been subjected to today).
The big news for the Summer is that I’m teaching an 8-week graduate class in research methods for the Department of Curriculum, Leadership and Technology. This is the second time that I’ve taught this course, and despite the heavy workload, I enjoy it more each time I teach it.
Most exciting for me is seeing students truly grasp the concepts presented in their readings, and then watching them turn around and teach those concepts to each other! I also love teaching graduate students how to research because their theses and dissertations are just around the corner (which definitely helps with their buy-in to the course)!
This week I’ll be traveling to New Orleans, Kennesaw and Atlanta (all for fun, for a change). I know I’ll be exhausted by the end of it, but I figure I can sleep when I’m dead. I’ll do my best to take pictures!
In the mean time, however, teaching this course does not leave much time for blogging, so many of the exciting things I’m seeing in LibraryLand will have to be covered by the other bibliobloggers. I’m sure everyone will get by without my opinion for the next couple of months!