June 2008
Tuesday 24 June 2008
- "Student Outcomes": Karissa Kilgore - "Student Outcomes" is a new, ongoing series of interviews with my former students who are now living life after college. Considering how much of our work is based on the assumption that "learning outcomes" will be met, I thought it would be a good way to catch up with them... (22:03 | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)
Thursday 19 June 2008
- Is Reading to Students Bad? - The forums over at Teacher Magazine have a great conversation going on right now about the advantages and disadvantages of reading text aloud to students in the classroom. Apparently a high school teacher was given a hard time by his administrators, who overheard him and felt he was talking down... (10:49 | 0 Trackbacks | 6 Comments)
Thursday 12 June 2008
- Writing in the Book - I adored reading Christian Long's recent article, "Mapping Literary Highlights, Highlighting Literary Maps" at think:lab yesterday. In it, he talks about adopting a class rule that students write in the margins of their books: Nothing says, "Yes, English class rocks!", than the early-in-the-year lesson on highlighting our books. Like a... (07:17 | 0 Trackbacks | 4 Comments)
Monday 9 June 2008
- The Kindergarchy (or, Too Much Love in the Home, Not Enough Pain in the Class) - Are we bending under the oppressive rule of children? Do kids have too much power? There are days, I think, when every teacher wonders this, even at the college level. Dennis Jerz posts a good response to this idea, particularly in terms of catholic teaching, as raised by Joseph Epstein... (10:41 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Friday 6 June 2008
- Ghoulish Goals: Pittsburgh Professional Magazine Feature - I'm humbled to be featured in the June issue of Pittsburgh Professional Magazine, and they've kindly given me permission to post a .pdf of the article on my horror website. To check it out, visit: "Ghoulish Goals: Seton Hill writing professor keeps collecting awards for his horror fiction" by... (12:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Sunday 1 June 2008
- Jazzy Teaching: Improv, Collaboration and Expertise - I was browsing through a list of open source academic journals on the web this morning and found Critical Studies in Improvisation -- a journal of music and performance theory, mostly -- whose latest issue [Vol 3, No 2 (2007)] is a Special Issue on Improvisation and Pedagogy. Having studied... (08:26 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)