Read time: approximately 14 minutes This week Monday, 24 November - Tuesday, 25 November was in Götenborg, Sweden on a little weekend trip with Jeremy! I bought 2 ABBA records! In Sweden! Wednesday, 26 November workshop prep on campus Thursday, 27 November penultimate Norwegian class 😦 and traveled to Hamar, Norway for the Friday workshop. … Continue reading 2025-11-29 Sharing Knowledge

Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week Monday, 17 November & Tuesday, 18 November Jeremy and I were in Paris, France! Wednesday, 19 November facilitated a teacher workshop at Halden VGS to do our third teacher session on offering feedback to students on their writing Thursday, 20 November back to the office for Norwegian class … Continue reading 2025-11-22 Teaching: What I’m Learning

Read time: approximately 16 minutes This week Tuesday, 11 November stayed overnight at a hotel close to the Oslo airport for an early morning workshop Wednesday, 12 November facilitated a teacher workshop as part of their professional learning day; traveled to Oslo to run some errands: picked up business cards from the Fulbright office and … Continue reading 2025-11-15 Making the Familiar Strange

Read time: approximately 14 minutes This week Monday, 03 November facilitated an all-day writing workshop for teachers-in-training at Høgskolen i Østfold. We focused on how to offer and receive feedback on our work in preparation for students submitting their papers that will qualify them to be eligible for the final exam. Tuesday, 04 November traveled … Continue reading 2025-11-08 Giving Thanks

Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week Monday, 27 October headed back to Kruseløkka Ungdomsskole in Sarpsborg for workshops on how artists clapback and what it means to be American and Norwegian. Tuesday, 28 October headed back to Halden VGS to do a workshop on what it means to be American and Norwegian. On my … Continue reading 2025-11-01 Loneliness and Community

Read time: approximately 13 minutes This week I facilitated a lot of workshops! Which meant lots of travel! Monday and Tuesday, 20 and 21 October I did mad prep for the week and next week.  Wednesday, 22 Oct I was back at Kruseløkka Ungdomsskole in Sarpsborg doing workshops on How Systems of Oppression Persist and … Continue reading 2025-10-25 I love teaching

Read time: approximately 11 minutes This week Mon, 13 Oct went to Oslo to observe a Storyline training for elementary teachers-in-training Tues, 14 Oct facilitated two slang workshops (the first of their kind!) at Kirkeparken Videregående Skole in Moss (it's pronounced sheer kuh park en; it means church. do you hear it?!) Wed, 15 Oct … Continue reading 2025-10-18 Learning to Rest and Do Nothing

Read time: approximately 15 minutes This week we returned from Autumn Break! Mon, 06 Oct I taught a workshop at the university where I’m based, Høgskolen i Østfold to teachers-in-training about teaching writing! Wed, 08 Oct I taught the first of a three-part workshop to teachers at Halden VGS, an upper elementary school, about offering … Continue reading 2025-10-11 How We Remember Shapes How We Teach

read time: approximately 10 minutes This week It was Autumn Break! But evidently just for students. And if you are a parent of a student. If you don’t have children you were to be at work? This is the thing I have understood the least so far.  Thursday, 02 October went to the county police … Continue reading 2025-10-04 And Time Marches On

read time: approximately 14 minutes This week I Helped to prepare the Center for a conference Monday, Sept 22;  Received emails from CSU about a militia-like presence on campus because of a vigil and protest for Charlie Kirk, who was supposed to speak at CSU on Sept 18; Was told by my CSU friends to … Continue reading 2025-09-20 What does it mean to be an American? In these times?