Teaching Teachers

A loose cannon’s goal revisited - A long time ago (it must have been around 1998) I had this notion about teaching teachers. I was at a conference, and when the announcer told everyone to choose a table that described what function they filled at their school, I was flummoxed. Until now. 1165 Words. ps091026. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Blog Upgrade

Getting more out of virtual teaching - This artist’s vision of the printmaking world fits in with the rise of the virtual worlds people can experience online today—such as Second Life. Today he will connect in a virtual fashion with a new offering in virtual worlds. Here he reviews his reason. 1118 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. ps091016. Full text available via email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Goal Review

Perfect Studios - Within months of having left institutional teaching in fine art printmaking—having found it untenable—this professor began going to business power breakfasts. One featured a speaker on Management by Goals. It has made all the difference, and needs review. 1021 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. ps091006. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Goal Terminology

Origins of Perfect Studios - In goal-setting, the author reviews the origins of his goal to be an art teacher in a university. Looking in the Wikipedia turns up two new words that apply to his review. The words are etiological myth and eponymous; they clarify what Perfect Studios is. 593 Words. ©2009 Bill Ritchie. ps090926. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com.