1. Finding nothing that interested me (that wasn't a dead end) in the paper, I went to www.philly.com

2. After browsing through many headlines that didn't catch my imagination, I was caught off guard by the ridiculous headline "George Clooney hopes government shutdown ends soon" 

3. From that absolutely ridiculous article, I looked around the website at other articles pertaining to the recent government shutdown. I found this one "Merchants near Independence Hall worry about shutdown"

4. From there, I started doing some "googling" about the merchants near independence hall, and the whole Historic Philly area. 

5. I read about Pumpkin Fest, http://historicphiladelphia.org/franklin-square/pumpkin-fest-2013/ which sounds super fun! but which is a little more pricey than I'd intended to go. 

6. Continuing my search, I read about Franklin Fountain, which a few people have already recomended to me (this is their website) http://www.franklinfountain.com/

What I took away from The Philadelphia Inquirer:

I thought that the P.I looks like a skinnier, less charasmatic little sister of the New York Times. It does an adequate job (but nothing beyond that) of reporting the news without noticeable bias. It is a bit short on the worldwide news, and leans too much on "shock-value" stories like TWO FACE CHARGES IN HEROIN TRAFFICKING. Other than that, it does well to report local phenomenons that huge newspapers like the NY Times can't do so well.

My Bread Crumb Trail:

1. To Bean or Not to Bean news article about how pretty coffee shops in philadelphia/main line area do. 

2. http://www.cbn.com/health/nutrition/reinke_coffeetea.aspx 

3. http://www.yelp.com/c/philadelphia/tea

4. http://www.yelp.com/biz/mary-cassatt-tea-room-philadelphia

5. http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-random-tea-room-and-curiosity-shop-philadelphia

Why: I want to try this tea house. I'm an ardent lover of tea and warm drinks (minus coffee. Sorry) and cute pastries. Apparently this place has a dog too. Want to go get a feel for the atmosphere and try their chai. We can work on our essays in there too, or just read a book. 

1. http://www.philly.com
2. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60795-Philadelphia_Pennsylvania-Vacations.html
3. http://wikitravel.org/en/Philadelphia
4. https://www.google.com/#newwindow=1&q=Philadelphia+weather&revid=1305973735
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
6. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/22550

（I can get there by Septa, Market East Station）

Try to follow the breadcrumbs. It may be confusing!

1)https://www.google.com/search?q=ufology+in+philadelphia&oq=ufology+in+philadelphia&aqs=chrome..69i57.4948j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=ufology+philadelphia

2)https://www.facebook.com/PhiladelphiaUfoMeetupGroup/info

3)http://www.meetup.com/ufos-61/messages/boards/thread/10980161

4)http://www.history.com/shows/ufo-hunters/videos/the-philadelphia-experiment

5)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

6)http://www.navyyard.org/history

7)http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/02/22/top-historic-ships-near-philadelphia/

8)http://www.phillyseaport.org/visitor-information

9)http://www.ushistory.org/tour/

10)https://www.google.com/search?q=Edgar+Allan+Poe+National+Historic+Site+Philadelphia%2C+PA&oq=edgar+allan+p&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i57j5.3676j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

If the government is still shutdown by this weekend, I won't be able to go. Still, I'm crossing my fingers!

Our study suggested that blended learning was successful in part because faculty used the online materials to provide students with more opportunities for formative assessment. In the best cases, these included exercises designed to help students develop metacognitive skills, or the skills needed to judge their own learning and the effectiveness of their learning strategies, and identify things they can do to improve. In a recent edition of the faculty development mailing list Tomorrow's Professor, Rick Reis introduces us to Marsha Lovett's concept of "exam wrappers," or short metacognitive exercises for students to complete shortly before and after an exam to get them thinking critically and integratively about their preparation, their performance, and the instructor's feedback. In the article, these are described primarily as in-class and/or on-paper exercises, but they could just as easily be adapted as online exercises for a blended course.

Andre Cadere was a Polish-born artist that made his mark on the French art world in the mid-70s.  He was famous for creating and carrying around long striped rods.  Rather than putting his works in shows, he bore them around and became part of the work himself.  Walking around, thouseands of people probably saw his artwork, far more than the work of other artists stuck within the normal means of presentation.  He stirred up some trouble when he took his rod into the shows of other artists, but he retained his positive fame for his interactive, performance-like art pieces.

Placement -- updates, what is your plan for this week in your placement?  

To Discuss in your placement group:  WHAT WILL YOUR FIRST WEEK LOOK LIKE?

What technologies can you explore to add value to your placement and help build relationships.

Can you try something you haven’t tried before?

What are your expectations for self, group members, placement partners?  How will you communicate these?

How will you know at the end that your week working in your placement has been successful?

Put this on your googdoc and share with us.  Bring back to big group: one intention you have.

What do you expect of your group members?

What ideas/questions are you investigating with your placement experience?

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/03/casting-the-hunger-games-in-praise-of-katniss-everdeen/72164/

Automatism is a type of art that comes from completely random thoughts.  It can be written, drawn or painted and just means that the art was done in a sort of "spur-of-the-moment" type of way.  Some artists believe that just letting themselves create without any plan they can reach a new level of creativity.  The name "automatism" was appropriated by surrealists from physiology and refers to actions and processes that are involuntary and not under concious control.  "Action painting" is a type of automatism art that Jackson Pollock regularly used.

For more information go to: http://www.moma.org/collection/theme.php?theme_id=10947

Automatic Drawing by Jean (Hans) Arp