2013

  • I love the questions, I really love the questions, but it has meant that I am falling behind on my lectures.  Were I able to deliver the lectures ahead of time online, then class could be devoted to discussions of a lot of interesting stuff and
  • Photo by Micah Sittig“The central finding of physics education research over the past twenty years is something that kindergarten teachers have known forever,” says Dr. Mike Dubson as rain taps against the windows of his office on the tenth floor of
  • Have you ever heard a friend say that it’s impossible to find a job on campus? That all the good jobs are taken and your only choice is to work at the Taco Bell in Westminster? That WWII was started by aliens? Well, your friend is wrong about a lot
  • There are some key differences between a human heart and an artichoke heart. Literature PhD candidate Kirstyn Leuner wants to be clear about that. However, word frequency analysis tools may enhance learning when combined with contextual reading. “It
  • Dr. E. Scott Adler of the Political Science Department does not consider his use of technology to be particularly innovative. He says it’s not much different than how other professors use technology in their classrooms. What is different about it,
  • I would like to explore the use of technology, and particularly social media, in helping my students to play (in the “deep play sense”) in my class this semester.  I'm teaching an upper-division class, our senior capstone seminar, to ten
  • I was going to start writing this article, but I browsed reddit for 25 minutes instead.With finals approaching, it seems harder than ever to get motivated to actually do stuff. It's so much easier to just to mess around on facebook and play Cut the
  • Recently, ASSETT recognized teachers that displayed excellence in Teaching with Technology. Students were given the opportunity to nominate teachers whom they believe integrate and use technology in creative ways to enhance the classroom.Krystal
  • A student in the back of the lecture hall leans forward in her seat. A shy freshman raises his hand for the first time. Heads nod. Eyes brighten. The pace of note taking quickens. As a teacher, these small indications that students are engaged can
  • I would like to teach my visual art students how to use digital storytelling in order to 1) learn how to use narrative as a form of persuasion 2) how language is not “fixed” but always interacting with other media—sound and visuals 3) to have them
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