Puzzling Over the Jigsaw
Last fall, I was asked to lead a workshop at our law school on fostering student engagement in the classroom. Every legal …
Collaborative Debate Maps, or How an Artist Teaches Appropriation
I love to see how teaching practices play out in different disciplines. Thanks to a pingback on a 2015 blog post of …
Teaching with Digital Timelines
Cross-posted from the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching blog. This year the Center for Teaching hosted a few educational technology working groups …
In-Class Collaborative Debate Mapping, or How a Mathematician Teaches a Novel
I’m teaching my cryptography seminar again this fall. As a first-year writing seminar in mathematics, it’s an unusual course. It has some …
Learning Spaces + Coordinate Axes + Placemark Questions
I’ve been on the road a lot this month (three trips in two weeks), so it was a nice change of pace …
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Agile Learning Educational Prezi Awards!
“Spatial arrangements convey meaning.” That’s what I tell people when they ask for advice on using Prezi, the zooming presentation tool. That’s …
The Agile Learning Educational Prezi Awards 2015 – Call for Nominations
Earlier this month Prezi announced the winners of the First Annual Prezi Awards for best prezis of the year. Regular readers of …
Why Use Sketchnotes in the Classroom?
Update, 7/16/23: This post is still getting hundreds of views, even after nine years! If you’re using sketchnotes in your classroom, I …
Beyond the Five-Page Paper: Representing Student Learning Visually
As I look over the “visual learning” category here on the blog, I noticed that I haven’t posted slides from a presentation …
Summer Reading: The Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde
If you follow my blog or Twitter account, you probably know that I’m a fan of sketchnotes. Sketchnotes are notes taken during …