May 2005
Sunday 29 May 2005
- Grossing Out Teacher - Ever assign a creative writing exercise, and have a student go "too far"? I have. In fact, my personae as horror author seems to invite it. In my article, "Grossing Out Teacher: A Horror Writer in the Writing Classroom" -- just published in the latest issue of The Broadsheet --... (18:41 | 0 Trackbacks | 7 Comments)
Sunday 15 May 2005
- How Freshman Summer Reading Projects Succeed - We held commencement exercises at Seton Hill yesterday. That means "summer break" is here, though there's still a little grading to be done, graduate modules to teach, five or six freshman orientation sessions to attend as advisor this summer (!), and other things I've been tasked to do as interim... (10:48 | 0 Trackbacks | 10 Comments)
Friday 6 May 2005
- Against Professional Development - I just signed on board the campus Professional Development Committee for the next academic year. I was attracted to this committee as an offshoot of the sort of "scholarship of teaching" I've been doing on this weblog, and I'm interested in learning how other teachers seek development in addition to... (23:49 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Monday 2 May 2005
- A Cello Lesson - Don't ask me how I stumbled upon this website for training cellists in mastering their instruments, but stumble I did...and my mind began to wander. Wouldn't it be fun to teach a class using activities like these? The Puppet: Pretend to pull a student's head up with an imaginary string.... (21:19 | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments)