What Happened to Facebook? And Why Does It Bother Me So Much?
If you’ve been on any of the usual social networks today, you’ve heard that Facebook has made some changes to its news …
A Few Favorite Blogs about (Educational) Technology
The other day, I shared a few of my favorite teaching blogs. Today, some blogs about technology, mostly in the service of …
A Few Favorite Blogs about Teaching
A tool we use at the center to improve our ability to work together is StrengthsFinder, a research-based tool for identifying one’s …
Clickers in the News
Classroom response systems have certainly made some headlines lately, probably because the start of the fall semester is a good time for …
Student Engagement: Digital Versus Analog?
Earlier tonight on Twitter… [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/presentationzen/status/112685032375730176″] I replied: [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/derekbruff/status/112695465866297344″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/derekbruff/status/112698465875800064″] I didn’t really think I would get a reply from …
Another Misread of the “Digital Native” Idea
I’ve been wanting to write a long blog post on the idea of the “digital native” for a while now. This short …
You Say Germany, I Say Deutschland
Back in grade school, there came a time when I learned that people in Germany referred to their country not as Germany, …
Creating Times for Telling with Clicker Questions?
At that How People Learn workshop yesterday, I shared the idea of asking clicker questions you expect a good number of students …
An Introduction to How People Learn
Every year my teaching center hosts an orientation for new teaching assistants. Back in the day, we had a plenary session or …
“Lost” and the Art of Project Management
Just a short post to prove that I’m still alive… When I think of all the projects I’m now juggling at work, …