August 2004
Monday 30 August 2004
- Affirmations for the First Day of Classes - Today's our first day of classes at Seton Hill U. I'm teaching a Freshman Composition class after a blessed year's hiatus from the course after teaching composition annually at one campus or another since -- could it be? -- 1992. I'm also beginning my sixth year of teaching at Seton... (08:54 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 28 August 2004
- Palm-Enabled Teaching - I've been a longtime user of a PDA (a Sony Clie with PalmOS) -- given a keyboard, it's become my substitute laptop for traveling, and I love to write on it when I'm on the road. A few years ago, I did a creative writing experiment with it (which developed... (23:13 | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)
Wednesday 25 August 2004
- Meeting Survival - For the past two days, we've had a whirlwind of faculty meetings and workshops in preparation for the school year, which kicks off when classes begin next Monday. I noticed that these "returning" ceremonies often begin with a great deal of adrenaline and excitement about bonding with colleagues who have... (00:26 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 3 August 2004
- Just in Time Teaching - Yet again, I find inspiration in Jerz's Literacy Weblog, which is updated so often that I read it regularly. A recent entry on mobile technology muses over how cell phone customs might be behind some problematic student behavior. But in that entry he used a phrase -- "Just in Time... (20:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)