Lunch Wrap
From Wikileyan
Lunch Wrap is a Faculty Development Center sponsored faculty program of monthly lunch discussions focused on videos of academic interest. They are all held at noon sharp in the amphitheater.
Lunch Wrap Discussions - if you've attended a Lunch Wrap, go to the discussion page and let others know what you thought. Or simply read Jim's (and Brooke's) thoughts about the talks..
Our upcoming Lunch Wrap 12/3 (THURSDAY):
- Barry Schwartz on Our Loss of Wisdom
- Description from TED: Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for "practical wisdom" as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
Food
Brooke -- Soup (tomato bisque?)
Ted Talks that didn't make the cut for 08-09
alphabetically ordered by last name
- Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning
- Description from TED: Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.
- perhaps apropos while we consider a learning management system...
- Ben Dunlap: The story of a passionate life
- Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
- David Griffin: Photography connects us with the world
- Description from TED: The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
- Peter Hirshberg: The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry
- Description from TED: In this absorbing look at emerging media and tech history, Peter Hirshberg shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "better TV."
- This seems like a really interesting one for those of us teaching WISe...touches on the generational gaps associated with technology.
- Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library
- Description from TED: Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum Plaza in Louisville and the Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas.
- Paula Scher: Great design is serious (not solemn)
- Description from TED: Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo ...) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary career.
- Michael Shermer: Why people believe strange things
- Description from TED: Why do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven"? Using video and music, skeptic Michael Shermer shows how we convince ourselves to believe -- and overlook the facts.
- Anna Deavere Smith: Four American characters
- Description from TED: Writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, excerpts from her solo show "On the Road: A Search for American Character."
- Julia Sweeney: "Letting Go of God" (an excerpt)
- Description from TED: Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.
- Mena Trott: Building a friendlier world through blogs
- Description from TED: Skipping the boardroom pitch about blogs changing business, Six Apart president Mena Trott talks mostly about herself. She demonstrates how important the intimate, the mundane and the everyday are to millions of bloggers worldwide.
- Why blog? Here are some insights.
old Food
10/02 Minestrone soup -- Brooke Drinks? Bread/crackers -- Karen, Lisa Dessert(s)-- Jan, Bowls, cups, etc -- Jennifer
04/17
- Quite the celebration! Thanks all for all who contributed and organized this one.
- Thanks everyone!
--Morey 06:05, 27 April 2009 (EDT)
04/03
- Brooke: Blueberry dump cake
- The Martins: bread & butter
- Karen: indian food
- Jim: spinach quiche (& dirty humour)
- Dina: coffee
03/20
- Jim: veg. Chili
- Dina: cake
- Brooke: sour cream + cookies
03/06
- Jim: bread and Quinoa surprise
- Dina: Chocolate Delight + coffee
- Brooke: pound cake with blueberries sauce
- Lisa: cold drinks
02/20
- Melanie: veggie chili.
- Jim: cheesy twisty bread.
- Charles: cookies.
- Karen: drinks.
02/06
- Jim: Quinoa salad - tomatoes, cucumber, ...
- Charles: cookies
- Dina: Coffee & bean salad
- Barry: Enchiladas
01/23
- Jim & Karen -- a tomato mushroom pasta sauce & and hideous sugar cookies.
- Dina cooked the pasta and couldn't even partake. We tried Chemistry's particle accelerator but had to settle for Education's less scientific hot plate...
- Brooke -- beverages (Jim pilfered the remaining tea to enjoy while watching the winning Wesleyan Bball game!)
01/09
- Karen brought wonderful Indian food with fresh basmati rice (with a help from Jim and Dina and Barry's knife)
11/21:
- I'll bring some kind of soup, probably vegetable because it is easy.--Lisa
- bread (hopefully homemade) --jim
11/7:
- Brook -- soup
- Jim -- bread
10/24:
- Karen H. will bring Indian cuisine for all (vegetarian!) to share. Could someone else volunteer for:
Yay, Karen! Sounds yummy.
- drinks--Matt and Shelly will bring drinks
- dessert--I'll look for something sweet at my home-away-from-home: Kroger! :) (Dina)
?????? Thanks!!! K
I'm coming too, didn't see this til today, hope it's not too late. (I'll contribute another time)...d.dra
I want to come too. Again hope this is not too late. Thanks. Barbara
Sept. 26 food group: Jim's Veg Chili+
- jim: A big pot o' Veg Chili - black beans, cranberry beans, green peppers, eggplant, mushrooms (because of the talk), onions, garlic, olive oil, crushed chili peppers, salt, pepper.
- I may throw in some TVP (textured vegetable protein--a soy product)...thoughts?
- someone: bread
- someone: drinks
- someone: ??
Who's in
- Jim Morey
- Shelly Martin (I say yes to TVP) I'll bring cornbread
- Brooke Bennett-Day -- I'm iffy on TVP, but I can deal with it. :) I can bring drinks -- regular/diet cola, water, & tea okay?
- Karen Huber--no so sure on TVP, but whatever floats your...chili. Anyway, I'll bring cookies or something sweet for dessert.
....what about bowls & spoons???
- Lisa Rouleau: I'm open minded about the TVP, but am preparing to fake it if necessary =) I will bring whatever catches my eye at Kroger. =)
Sept. 12th food group: wraps+ (from subway) for $5 with Dina's help.
- Jim Morey
- Charles Benesh
- Shelly Martin
- Matt Martin
- Lisa Rouleau
