Confluence Blog

22 Aug

Posted at 19:27h in Entrepreneurship

I read the the first version years ago. Now even the preview on iBookstore of 2.0 is well worth the quick read. These are the principles we are putting to use as the template for Confluence Courseware as a start-up. We have found our sweet spot at the confluence of expertise, passion, and opportunity just as the preview recommends. Here is a review from Guy Kawasaki's web site. If you are starting anything, this is the book to read. Review of The Art of the Start. Rodney Marshall, Ed.D. rodney@confluencecourseware.com...

21 Aug

Posted at 18:02h in Collegiate, Humanities

Change—we have been told and we often experience—is inevitable in this world. Change can be physical—material bodies on Earth change in form and space through time. Change can include the transformations, over extensive periods of time, of a species, a nation, a cultural heritage, a language or a family line. The weather changes, you age, your opinions and your appearance often change. Change can also be emotional, psychological or spiritual. Perhaps, then, the first way to consider the idea of “change” is to look at what does change in the world and what, if anything, remains the same. What, in...

14 Aug

Posted at 21:15h in Tips on Courseware Creation

Overtime the Confluence Courseware blog aims to provide the value every person interested in reviving the western tradition by merging it with digital means needs.  Dr. Chad Redwing, Academic Editor and Humanities professor contribute along with other.  Here is a practical resource for bloggers and courseware creators. https://twitter.com/problogger/status/632296425464942592/photo/1...

13 Aug

Posted at 21:27h in Collegiate, Humanities

A course virtual text package that will serve students as a general interdisciplinary “review” of the Western religious tradition of monotheism with a focus on Jewish and Christian religious traditions with a unit on Islam as a “clash of monotheistic ideals” relevant to the contemporary world....

03 Aug

Posted at 03:03h in K-12, News and Announcements

Robi Marshall, co-author of the soon to be introduced Progymnasmata for Teachers from Confluence Courseware, travels today in order to deliver 3 days of seminars on the subject which will be incorporated into the courseware. This courseware will enable classical schools to educate teachers in this ancient yet relevant method of preparing students for rhetoric....

31 Jul

Posted at 22:15h in Collegiate, Humanities, K-12

Socratic Conversation, Lecturing or Didactic teaching, and Experiential Learning Confluence Courseware guides suggest appropriate interpretive and analytic questions in order to facilitate great classroom conversations as well as prompts for academic essays and project-based learning experiences in an effort to provide a truly interdisciplinary, liberal arts education. As such, this course is organized around the principles of the Paideia method (from the Greek paidos meaning “upbringing”) which incorporates three aspects of learning: the Socratic conversation, lecturing or didactic teaching, and experiential learning. This pedagogic method focuses on building a strong foundation of basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities that can...