Bloom’s Taxonomy
I’m always a little surprised when I run into college teachers who haven’t heard of Bloom’s Taxonomy. For some strange reason, I’ve …
Social Media and Classroom Dynamics
Clay Shirky’s recent TED talk on social media has some interesting implications for future classroom dynamics. As you watch Shirky’s 17-minute talk …
Clickers on Capitol Hill
Last week teacher Lisa Short of Gaithersburg Middle School in Maryland shared her perspectives on educational technology with the education committee of …
Clickers in Small Political Science Courses
It was @RogerFreedman who pointed me (via Twitter) to this short essay about the use of clickers in small political science classes. …
The First 100 Posts
I’ve hit a bit of a milestone here on the blog. You’re now reading my 100th post. I started this blog last …
Why Clickers?
I just discovered a blog post by Ann M. Little, a historian at Colorado State University, expressing a fair amount of skepticism …
Backchannel via Twitter
Monica Rankin has received some attention for her use of Twitter in the introductory history course she taught this spring at the …
Clickers in Upper-Division Physics
A couple of weeks ago, Stephanie Chasteen shared a series of blog posts on teaching with clickers in upper-division physics courses: Part …
Podcast #2 – An Interview with Kelly Cline
I had hoped that my second podcast episode would follow the first one a little more closely in time, but the spring …
Supporting Faculty Use of Clickers
Last month, I facilitated an online workshop on teaching with clickers for the TLT Group. We spent some time in the workshop …