Author: Kyle
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On Display: The power of tool-rich cultures
In his book Changing Minds: Computers, Learning and Literacy, educational researcher Andrea diSessa extolls the learning potential of “tool-rich cultures.” Don’t let the technological connotations of “tool” overwhelm your imagination. “Tool” is a pretty broad category. As an Episcopalian, I count on The Book of Common Prayer as one of my most powerful and versatile tools. At the…
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Why religious educators must be media literacy educators
Note: This piece first appeared in the Winter 2018 Special Issue of Episcopal Teacher and is published here by permission. Amazon links include my affiliate code. A few weeks before writing this article I saw a tweet from British comedian, actress, and writer Bethany Black. It’s the kind of sentiment bound to get a graduate student in…
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Glory and mercy at the heart of Mark’s Gospel
A Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:22-30; Romans 4:13-25; Mark 8:31-38 ** “O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy …” That’s how our Collect of the Day for this second Sunday of Lent begins. It’s probably characteristic of our … indirect church communication style that such a profound…
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My notes from Jennifer Harvey keynotes at #forma18
I took careful real-time notes via Twitter during the keynotes by Dear White Christians* author Jennifer Harvey at the 2018 Forma Conference in Charleston, SC. I also screwed up the threading, so it’s not easy to read them all in a row on Twitter. So I’m embedding them below. Hope they’re helpful. *Full disclosure: Affiliate link. This…