Blogging with Summer Institute 2008

Where will you be next Wednesday? Hopefully, relaxing!
Writing into the Day: TIW Reflections This writing will lead us to a Socratic Seminar for TIW wisdom.

Let’s make a list of all our TIW Titles and then revisit the elements of a TIW.
It’s official everyone can take a TIW breath. We have all created a [...]

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a.        Writing Matters… / Period.
b.       WWYW-What Would You Write?
c.        If at first you don’t suceed, write and write some more!
d.       Shut up and write!
e.        Get dirty! / Roll up your sleeves and write!
f.         Write On!
g.        Quitters never write.
h.       Inspiring Minds Want to Write!
i.         Got Words?
j.         [...]

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Our reading group read Guy Bilout’s cover article from Atlantic Monthly, Is Google Making Us Stupid, as a supplement to David Warlick’s book Raw Materials For The Mind.
Here are some of the questions that the article raised for us. Feel free to join the discussion.

What are some positive implications of the article for [...]

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Writing into the Day and Welcome to Tuesday:
Baggage
From Panning for Gold in the Kitchen Sink

For every person who brags about spending a summer traveling around the country with nothing but a small backpack containing three pairs of socks and a camera, there is another person who packs an entire wardrobe for a two-week stay at [...]

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