Hopefully you’ve checked out what I’ve posted before on documentation in general. It looks like people are doing google searches for research – even though we found great research in the library using the database. I’m seeing sources that don’t…
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What Kind of Car Would I Be?
In my teaching demo, and in classes this semester, as an icebreaker, I’ve asked students, “if you were a car, what kind of car would you be?” In both cases I avoided questions about my answer. I had a pat…
On Disasters: H1N1, earthquakes and outbreaks.
The flu has turned up in several of my classes, but in one, there have been 2 reported cases of the illness formerly known as swine flu. One purported to be confirmed by a doctor, and the other of a…
Active Learning – ad campaign:
Many students mentioned a preference for “hands on” learning. Some called it by different names. Several students called it Visual learning. Dewey might have called it experience based learning. In Comp 1 we will start an activity either Friday, 9.18.9…
Students Right to their Own Language
Perennial old-school curricular curmudgeon Stanley Fish has recently published a series of blog posts on composition instruction (see also part 2, part 3). He speaks directly to a writing prompt I’ve given one of my classes. As something of a…
Acceptable Language revisited
Twice this semester I’ve heard the phrase, “that’s so gay.” I’ve made it clear I don’t like it and haven’t heard it since. At the big to-do on campus last friday I saw these posters, and they made me think.…