Class Time Reconsidered – Motivating Student Participation and Engagement
I’m at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, today and tomorrow thanks to the good people at the Center for New Designs in …
Student Tweets about Clickers (weekly)
Twitter “@adelantando A. Sobotka 2nd time that the clicker in a test situation went down. It’s only my grade which gets me …
Tomorrow’s Professor Mailing List Back in the Blogosphere
I’m glad to announce that I’m now hosting the Tomorrow’s Professor Blog, a blog that mirrors the content of the Tomorrow’s Professor …
The Backchannel – Opening the Classroom, Managing the Stream
More thoughts on Cliff Atkinson’s The Backchannel… In Chapter 2, Atkinson walks the reader through the process of joining and getting started …
Some Answers to Tough Questions about Grading Standards
You may recall my post from a few weeks ago, “Tough Questions about Grading Standards.” In that post I tried to reconcile …
Engaging, Thinking, Transfer, and Assimilation – More from Visual Meetings
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the “imagine” step in the four step model David Sibbet describes in his new …
Back to the Backchannel
Twelve months ago, I read Cliff Atkinson’s then-new book, The Backchannel. I took about 15 pages of handwritten notes on the book …
Student Tweets about Clickers (weekly)
Twitter “@EvanGordon Evan Gordon Can’t register my clicker online. I guess this means another day of skipping calculus. Oh well…” tags: stac …
What Happens When Everyone Has a Voice
I’ve been following the recent and ongoing protests in Tunisia and Egypt, as I’m sure many of you have. (Watch Al Jazeera …
Revolution or Evolution? How Should Higher Ed Change in Response to Social Technologies?
Following up on some of my previous posts about pedagogical change, Jim Julius of San Diego State University and Dwayne Harapnuik of …