Welcome to LEAD 101 Learners as Travelers,…

In September 1786, German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe had enough: After many years of fantasizing about the famed locations of classical Italy, he boarded a carriage and, under the dark of night and the guise of a false identity, headed south to see the attractions up close. What was initially planned as a brief escape from… Read more »

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  • Annotated Bibliography Assignment and Presentations

    Here’s the link to a document that describes in detail the annotated bibliography assignment and the upcoming presentations. Please read it carefully and let me know immediately if you have any questions. Zotero/Annotated Bibliography assignment

  • Tweets about Goethe’s Italian Journey, #asclead101Rome

    #asclead101rome Tweets

  • Your Research Questions

    What do we need to research in more depth? Goethe’s Italian Journey covers a lot of ground. Not only literally in terms of the miles he travels from Carlsbad to Rome but also metaphorically in terms of his frequent references to geology, culture, and history, to name a few. In order to build our web application,… Read more »

  • Goethe: Biographical Information

    Here is the slideshow I used in class today:   Brief overview of Goethe's Bio from GuGra

  • Homework, Thursday September 3

    In our second reading segment, Goethe is quickly approaching Rome via Venice, Bologna, and Florence. As we read and tweet this section, please make sure you switch hashtags: #asclead101padua. The groups should continue their posting of text excerpts and summaries on the google spreadsheet. Here’s an embedded twitter feed for #asclead101padua that captures our reading… Read more »

  • The Global Reach of LEAD 101 Travelers

    Our class covers many places on the globe, and I thought it would be nice to make that visible:  

  • Locations Google Spreadsheet

    Here’s a separate link to the google spreadsheet where groups record locations and information.

  • Homework Tuesday, September 1

    We are off to our first reading segment. Please take a look at the syllabus calendar where you will see the page assignment. From Thursday August 27 to Monday September 1 I assigned 90 pages. Please make sure to spread out your reading over several days instead of waiting for the last evening! Download the… Read more »

  • LEAD 101 Syllabus

    If you prefer to read the syllabus in form of a text document, click here to obtain the google doc. For the calendar page of the syllabus click here. Travelers as Learners, Learners as Travelers Prof. Gundolf Graml; TTh 11:30am-12:45pm Learning is often compared to a journey–you start out in a familiar environment, travel through… Read more »

  • Share your @twitter handles here

    Open this google spreadsheet and share your @twitter name and your real name.

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