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Chapter 4. What Faculty and Advisors Can Do
Although it is seemingly a title granted to an individual graduate student, it is rather the product of a collective process where departmental...
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Singing Telegrams
Just a teacher, trying to wake my student to come to class. I thought I would try a singing telegram today! : )
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Cover Letter
Cyrese Parrish Student, Criminal Justice New Jersey City University 2039 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, New Jersey, 07305 cparrish@njcu.edu...
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Introductions: R Baker (HASTAC Cohort 2020-2022, UCSB)
Hi folks! I'm writing to introduce myself, as one of the new HASTAC Scholars for the 2020-2022 cohort. My name is Rebecca Baker (call me Baker), and...
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Padlet
We have a new platform at our school. It is almost like the first week again. More on that soon. With that, I am exploring other sites that can...
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Addressing Interesting Behaviors in a Virtual Classroom
Our school has a new platform. The platform is Newrow. Prior to that we were using Blackboard. With Blackboard, there was very little interaction...
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Virtual Drama Club: The Beginning of a Musical
This afternoon's collaboration meeting with our middle schoolers was so much fun! We are working on creating our own production At the beginning of...
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"I Wake Up Counting": A Free Online Publication of Syllabi and Activities from our Spring 2020 Course
"FOREWORD" to I WAKE UP COUNTING Genera Editor, Tatiana Ades A Manifold Publication https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/i-wake-up-counting It is a...
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"The world needs you," Reviewing Chapter Five, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work
Putting the Humanities PhD to work by Katina L. Rogers is a book that does exactly what the title says it will. It puts in the work. The writer has...
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Teaching With The Digital Archive
For students who are just learning how to wield digital literacy and assess sources in a critical fashion, digital archives provide a ready source of...
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Memorial Tribute to Printer-Mentor-Role Model, Michael Josefowicz
Last night I learned, accidentally, from a random Facebook post by yet another person who admired him, that MIchael Josefowicz has died. I met him...
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Blueberries from the Neon Farm
This week we are working on Narrative Poetry. I want my students to prepare for their Narrative Writing Assignment. In their general education...
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Knowing the 5 Stages of Aging
Two things in life are certain, death and taxes, but before the former comes, old age takes its toll on our bodies. Aging is a gradual process and...
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Feminism, Activism, and the Digital Humanities: An Interview with Danica Savonick
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Danica Savonick over the phone on May 18, 2020. I am grateful for her time and energy towards this project and...
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An Education Experiment: Teaching, Learning, and Mental Health Amidst COVID-19
In this blog post, I reflect on my unique experiences as both an undergraduate studying English and psychology at SUNY Cortland and teaching...
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Ten Ways to Save the End of Term--for You and Your Students
Please note: I'm bringing this thead over unedited from Twitter for those who aren't on that tool. The abbreviations etc are for the word count of...
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12 Ways to Up Your Canvas Game
1: Configure your profile. Select a profile picture, add a bio or links to any relevant sites, and change your display name (if you have the...
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Reading the World: A High-School Curriculum in Post-Colonial Literature
A collaborative project by Alexandra Hartley ( alexandra.hartley@icsd.k12.ny.us ) and Teodora Buzea ( teodora.buzea@cortland.edu ) “The single story...
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A Tip to Ward off Zoombification (And Get You Through to End of Term)
Feeling not-yet-at-the-finish-line exhaustion? Zoomed out? Facing Zoombification, your own and your students? Here's something our TLH team did...
