Currently | 31 May

Time and Place // Who knows? It's summer.

Feeling // Currently, I'm feeling like an idget. I forgot to publish like three posts for Heart of Darkness May, so ladies and gentlemen, I am extending the month through this week. Coming up I have posts applying Psychoanalytic Theory, Queer Theory, and Deconstruction.

Blogging // I am starting a new feature here called Medieval Monday to highlight some of the awesome texts and concepts I am tackling in my Graduate Studies in Medieval Literature course. On deck, I have posts on Anglo-Saxon poetry, one of Marie de France's lais, Beowulf (of course), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Wife of Bath.

Reading // The Happiness Project. I've read two chapters - the first I loved as it was about organizing and decluttering. The second chapter was a bit meh; it was on marriage and family. I'm already getting excited to start applying some of the strategies to my own life. I'm also, obviously, spending a lot of time reading Medieval Literature and journal articles about said Medieval Literature.

Anticipating // I start two new courses tomorrow through the University of St. Francis's online program: Foundations of Educational Technology and Using Tech to Flip Learning. I am very, very excited. I have (shock, shock) never taking an "Education" course. As a college professor, my background is in my subject area, English, not in Education. And what makes these courses even more exciting is the focus on technology. I teach online and hybrid courses almost exclusively, so I'm constantly looking for new idea. In case you don't know what flipped learning looks like:

What's everyone doing these days?