I created this blog with a twofold purpose in mind: to get my students thinking about Classical culture outside of a classroom and to give them an opportunity to improve their digital literacy in the expression of their ideas. To that end, I will encourage them to keep their own blogs in a similar fashion, with posts on anything related to the Latin language, Classical literature and myth, art, history, architecture, etc.…
Helen at the Villa in September
The Getty Villa will be staging Euripides’ Helen this fall Thursdays-Saturdays in the month of September. Tickets are $42 ($38 for students), and $25 preview shows will be held 8/30-9/1. Don’t miss it!
…Beautiful Evil: The Challenge of Helen of Troy
Open Post To My Team
Thank you team. It has been an honour and a privilege to learn and lead alongside with you for the past two years. This post is one that celebrates and reflects on the past two years in my role as the … Continue reading …
Why I’m using Remind 101 this year
Introduction to PBL Power Point
Below is a Introduction to Project-Based Learning Power Point. It’s nothing fancy – I chose not to do a Prezi because of the amount of info I included. It’s full of information on the Why, The What, and The How and there are links to a tremendous amount of resources. …
30 Goals Challenge-Goal 12
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No Frills Fast Guide to Edu-Tweeting!
A. Create a Twitter Account and HANDLE (ex: my handle is @lauragilchrist4) at twitter.com
- Be sure to include a profile picture and an edu-bio.
30 Goals Challenge
30 Goals Challenge – Goal 12
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A door isn’t a destination
I think I’ve given up on Open as a concept. The word open has more people with fingers in the pie that the pie is a cannibals delight. It doesn’t seem to have any meaning, and so it’s emotional quality, polemic tendency or dogma is dead – “once more out of the breach, dear friends” – doesn’t really have gravitas.…