Blog Posts as Student Writing Assignments
During a recent email conversation with Jeff Nugent at Virginia Commonwealth University, Jeff pointed to a recent blog post of his about …
Experiments in Class Participation – An Update on My Cryptography Course
Back in early August here on the blog, I described a few “experiments” in more public class participation I planned to implement …
A Prezi on Visual Presentations and Classroom Response Systems
On Friday, I was invited to give a presentation to DigitalVU, a group of web developers and other technology folks at my …
Student Motivation and Class Participation – Lessons from “Cognitive Surplus”
More thoughts on Clay Shirky’s new book, Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age… As I mentioned the last time, …
Trying Out HootCourse, a Course Communication and Backchannel Tool
I spent some time yesterday playing around with HootCourse, a course communication and backchannel tool. A teacher can set up a course …
Gadget Review: the Built-In Organized Orderly Knowledge Device (BOOK)
The other day, Ed Neal posted a mock announcement for a new product–the Built-In Organized Orderly Knowledge device (the BOOK)–on the POD …
The Problem with Attendance Policies
Okay, my title is a bit provocative, but so is Northern Arizona University’s recent decision to spend $75,000 to install sensors in …
Laptops in the Classroom: Back Row or Front Row?
Recently, Sidneyeve Matrix (@sidneyeve) shared a link on Twitter to an Augusta [Georgia] Chronicle article on the contentious issue of students using …
EdTech in a Time of Budget Cuts
Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University, has written another opinion piece for the …
Five Types of Mobile Learning
As Abilene Christian University rolls through year two of its iPhone experiment, ProfHacker (my new favorite blog) features a post by Jason …