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Lectures and Laptops: Adapting Teaching Methods

To continue this series on laptops in the classroom (see parts one and two) . . . There is another issue here and that is whether we need to change the way we teach rather than ban laptops. Both Chris and Tim mention it: even the lecture shouldn’t be a straight lecture, but should encourage [...]

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Laptops in the Classroom: An Autobiography

Sharing my own experience, I would like to follow-up from my earlier post on what to do about laptops in the classroom. I feel like I’m embedded in the generational transition into this technological problem. I am part of the “in between”. When I was an undergrad, nobody brought laptops to class — even my [...]

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Going through Kirk Withdrawl?

Not James T. Kirk, Kirk Douglas, or Kirk Cameron, but Daniel Kirk. Daniel Kirk had a stimulating blog running for four and a half years and closed up shop just recently. You can’t even access the blog, except through cached versions. He is now an Asst. Prof. at Fuller Seminary, Menlo Park campus. Fuller is [...]

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Fuller Seminary's New Library Featured in LA Times

I was happy to see that my favorite place to study was in today’s LA Times in an article that also featured my friend Noel. Fuller’s old library was kind of dingy, with an elevator that seemed as if it belonged in a haunted mansion. I actually feared for my life taking that elevator. Their [...]

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More Scholer

My previous tribute to David Scholer has become the most read post I have ever written; most of the visits are from those searching for “David Scholer” and variations. This in itself is a tribute to a man who left an enormous impact on the world.
Blog posts about him keep popping up. I would just [...]

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Prof. David M. Scholer (1938-2008)

Last week, we lost a great New Testament scholar, seminary professor, advocate for women in ministry, and one of the kindest, most beautiful persons I have ever known. Though he lived longer than all expectations, David Scholer passed away on Friday morning after a six-year battle with colorectal cancer. David has had a tremendous influence [...]

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