"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
In How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching, authors Susan Ambrose and her colleagues warn about the expert blind spot. They call it a handicap that impacts our teaching. Because of our expert blind spot, we tend to “inadvertently omit…
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The Broadcast Education Association put a call out for innovative teaching ideas, which would be showcased in a session titled Ignite. Mine was one of ten to be chosen this time around. I recorded the audio with my iPhone and…
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I am revamping my courses for the next semester. First up is media interpretation and criticism. I just submitted a course redesign grant (fingers crossed), and here it is, in all its glory Introduction Media Interpretation and Criticism is offered…
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I began experimenting with blogs in 2005, as a way to promote collaborative writing in the classroom. I have to say that my first experience was a case of unbridled enthusiasm for technology, but I was utterly unprepared for what…
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This summer, a group of faculty members at Trinity University are experimenting with the Pecha Kucha presentation format. If you have never heard of Pecha Kucha, it “is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20…
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Today, I tried something new with googledocs. It’s probably not really new, but it was new to me, and I felt like I had discovered it. Well, I had not, but it was exciting, and it all started with this…
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Oprah has her favorite things, but if you want to be nit picky about it, this post is not intended to emulate her. I was actually thinking of Maria von Trapp, or rather, of Julie Andrews’ singing about a few…
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It’s official: I’ve taken my courses fully paperless. It is a new experience for me, and even though I had used blogs in the past, this new experiment adds important changes to the mix. The first relates to the platform,…
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I had heard about this assignment in the past, this idea of having students go without any media for 24 hours. I’m not sure who originated it, but it is definitely one of those assignments that has picked up steam…
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I have been reading some of your blog posts, and realized that I need to post the criteria for the assignment on this blog. I noticed that most of you are not discussing concepts from the course. Please bear in…
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