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Collaborative Close Reading
Close reading - observing the stylistic details of a text in order to analyze an author’s use of language - is a skill taught in almost all college...
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The Right Way to Teach
In today's society, there is a growing concern about the way we teach our students. Some argue that the basic lecture is part of the learning process...
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Immersive Pedagogy: A Symposium on Teaching and Learning with 3D, Augmented and Virtual Reality
3D, Augmented and Virtual Reality Pedagogy Symposium for Humanities Practitioners to be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Spring 2019 Pittsburgh...
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Mediating Race: Evolving Syllabus
Mediating Race: Technology, Performance, Politics, and Aesthetics in Popular Culture IDS 81630 ENG 87400 Studies in Visual Media Cathy N. Davidson (...
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That's So Gay!: CCNY's first queer-led queer studies FIQWS
That’s So Gay!: Queer Texts in the U.S. First-Year Inquiry Writing Seminar (FIQWS) Fall 2018 *** Jesse Rice-Evans, Adjunct Lecturer jriceevans@ccny...
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The World Is Changing, Are We Going To Change With It?
Have you ever sat in a classroom while being lectured and almost fell asleep? Yeah, me too. This can happen to all of us at some point, especially if...
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Are Lectures Still Relevant?
Tyler Wong Writing Studies I Professor Savonick 11/30/18 Are Lectures Still Relevant? For the most part, people expect you to graduate high school...
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End-of-Term Evaluations are Learning Opportunities
In addition to asking for course evaluations from my students (and Cathy N. Davidson has a great template and post about " Building a Better Course...
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The Technological Benefits of Using a Laptop in Classrooms
Technology is constantly improving and is becoming a significant resource for students, yet some people in today’s generation are still skeptical...
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New paper: 'Just Google it! Digital literacy and the epistemology of ignorance'
I am pleased to have published a new paper, to appear in a Special Issue of Teaching in Higher Education. The Special Issue is entitled Experts,...
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Do you Magoosh?
Allow Us To Introduce Ourselves Magoosh is a completely online test preparation website. The objective is to be a replacement for teachers,...
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Revolutionize Lectures
Lectures date back as far as ancient Greece and Rome, and they were prominent in the European universities in the 13th century. The term ‘lecture’...
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Is College Worth It?
The United States has the highest college dropout rate, only 54.8 percent of students who start college will leave with a diploma. The cost of...
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Are professors hindering students’ learning processes by taking away laptops?
Professors in higher education are debating whether laptops should be allowed in the classroom. All learning styles and students learning abilities...
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Meeting and Making an Archive: Journaling and Tactile Learning in the College Classroom
This is an excerpt from a longer post published on December 3, 2018. To read the original post, click here . I’ve learned a great deal from Kahdeidra...
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Laptops, What is it Good For?
Austin Lee Writing Studies I Professor Savonick November 9th, 2018 Laptops, What is it Good For? The first computer was invented in the 1930s which...
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In Your Lecture, Research Together
Originally published on October 26, 2017 in a post about teaching Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God . Start with What Students Know...
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Active Learning Activities You Can Use in Your Classroom Now
For a recent Futures Initiative event " Classrooms and Social Justice: Why Start with Pedagogy? " which was part of the University Worth Fighting For...
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A Lesson Plan for Democratic Co-Creation: Forging a Syllabus by Students, for Students
This is an excerpt from a longer post published on November 12, 2018. Read the original post here . Earlier in the semester, I wrote a post about...
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It's Not True that We're Not Experts in "Anything"
Professors Davidson and Gates began our first week of our class, "Mediating Race," with a Think Pair Share question: "Write down one thing that you'...
