In Education, Technology Changes Everything and Nothing

Posted in: Blog- May 29, 2012 No Comments

Brandon Busteed, on The Atlantic’s 2012 Technologies in Education Forum: “In a room full of technology experts … discussion kept returning to the basics of great classroom teaching. There was widespread agreement among the participants that technology will change everything and nothing. Essentially, what we do with technology has to have fundamental underpinnings in what [...]

Founding Fictions @ Willamette

Posted in: No-Twitter- Apr 12, 2011 No Comments

I’m thrilled to announce that Dr. Jennifer Mercieca will be the fifth presenter in the Conversation Series on Freedom and Responsibility in Public Life at Willamette University. Dr. Mercieca will deliver her public presentation, “Founding Fictions: Citizens as Romantic Heroes, Tragic Victims & Ironic Partisans in American Political Discourse” at 11:30 am on April 21 in [...]

“It’s Just a Dream”

Posted in: Blog, No-Twitter- Sep 09, 2010 No Comments

A look at education and the American dream in the neighborhood where I began my Teach For America service