Structured Collaboration for Novice Writers
In recent conversation with a colleague about active learning in the composition classroom, the nature of writing came up; that is, do we...
Recording, Podcasting, and Writing
Last summer I planned how I would integrate eportfolio into my literature classes, and after two semesters of implementing and adjusting...
Students & Technological Literacy
In conversation with the graduate students in my teaching circle this week, we were discussing the use of technology in our classrooms,...
The Weight of the Words
Since one of the key elements of active learning is to encourage students to work outside the regular class meeting, the better to enable th
Active and Collaborative!
The overview essays, wherein students report on their stages of progress regarding their final analysis papers, seem to indicate that...
Group Eportfolios and Collaborative Learning
I’ve now started my eportfolio-based American Literature class, hoping to capture the success I had last year with the eportfolio-based...
Three Things We Remembered
This summer with my American Literature students, I have begun many of our classes by asking them to share three things they learned in...
Visualizing the Re-Designed Course
Our Course Re-Design seminar ended Thursday afternoon and the opportunity to think about the larger goals of my class and to collaborate...
Engaging Students in Large Lectures
Last March 24, several of us who apply active learning strategies in our larger lecture classes participated in a panel discussion, part...
Fixing the World at 8 a.m.
One of the encouraging elements of the eportfolio model of first-year composition, which I have remarked on before, is that it provides...
