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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I need a new phrase

I have been writing a bunch of emails and using the dreaded phrase: "Cluster Faculty." I need a new word for the courses and faculty that will be working together to integrate content with each other and with the projects. How about.......

Gaggle Faculty,
Clump Faculty,
Huddle Faculty,
Flock Faculty,
Bundle Faculty,
Throng Faculty?

Help!!!! Please leave a comment with your suggestions.
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10 comments:

  1. PeteJune 16, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    I like "flock"... we are a flock no?

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  2. NealJune 16, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Pod faculty? We be the whales of curriculum change!

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  3. --ginger.June 16, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Teaching Pods
    Thinking Pods
    Faculty Team (sorry, that one's boring--but I'm brainstorming here. No judgement. No judgement.)
    Faculty Glop (just kidding)

    Question before I can proceed: what does the word "cluster" want to refer to--the group of faculty teaching the students or the group of students they will be teaching?

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  4. Liz SchlemerJune 16, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    I think "cluster" refers to the courses.....

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  5. Samuel FrameJune 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    I am reluctant to suggest it because it is long, not catchy, and perhaps obvious: collaborative faculty?

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  6. KathrynJune 20, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    I like the phrases "linked courses" and "faculty team" (I don't think it's boring, Ginger!). The courses are designed to be linked together by the idea of project-based learning, right? And the faculty are teaching together, all part of Team Sustain. We could even get jerseys. . . .

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  7. Linda VanasupaJune 21, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    ooh! I like the idea of jerseys!

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  8. --ginger.June 22, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    I say bowling shirts.

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  9. NealJune 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Why a descriptive name? Why not just "Bob"? Maybe "HAL"? "Jane"?

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  10. ntruchJune 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Different flocks have different names: owls are parliament, a gaggle of geese, group of crows- murders, etc. So, if we could become the "poly parliament".

    @Ginger and Linda-only if we can get shoes to match!

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