June 17, 2013
Read, “The Art of the College Lecture” by Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Atlantic.
“I think I’ve said before that I like to boot up college lectures and listen while gaming. I’m still playing Civilization V (stuck on King) and so I generally use the Yale History Department’s lectures (available through Open Yale) as background music. “Background music” is really disservice, if only because since I’ve started teaching I’ve been thinking about which lectures I enjoy and which ones I do not…” [Read more]