Meetings

A set of numbers seeking to describe the ‘net these days. (Hat tip to FreeRangeLearning)

The Interfaith Youth Core has started to put together a weekly digest of news which might be of interest to interfaith learners — it’s definitely worth checking out!

The Media Education Lab at Temple, in conjunction with PBS, has put up a host of really useful resources on parenting kids in digital contexts. Apparently the “occasion” is the premiere on February 2nd of a new PBS documentary on the Digital Nation.

We’re very excited that the Peace & Justice Task Force will be presenting a full day, pre-conference workshop on digital storytelling at our November meeting. Many of you may not know much about digital storytelling, but it’s a growing movement that began in the midst of community theater. Here’s a site from the UK that

Hat tip to the Alban Weekly for a piece by Justus Baird making a powerful case for interfaith education. He talks about reasons stemming from “the news, the pews, and religious views.” Read the whole piece, it’s excellent, but his first reason — having to do with widespread news coverage of religion that contributes to

Liz Coleman gave a compelling lecture, nearly a year ago, at the 2009 TED conference. She spoke of the challenges facing our country, and of the possible role for the liberal arts in engaging them. I couldn’t help thinking, as I was listening to her speak, that the role she outlines for the liberal arts

Here’s the Odyssey piece from day 11:

Here’s the Odyssey Network video from Day 10:

Here’s the Odyssey video from day 9:

Here’s the Odyssey interview from day 8: