Archive for October, 2006
test 4
Yeah!
Loading this other file up (which is NOT the Godwin Madrigal group), we figured out that there must be something wrong with the file I am trying to upload. It has been a long process of trial and error trying to get one simple music file (voice memo) up on my blog. It […]
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testing…
Read More..>>Trying out the microphone for a “bootleg”
I wanted to see what the microphones could do on our iPods since I plan to use mine to record a conversation about iPods later this week (for assessment, of course…)Â I was going to record our dinner conversation at home tonight until I realized we weren’t having a real family dinner because we were […]
Read More..>>Teaching Philosophies and Peer Review of Teaching
This article, included in a post in Tomorrow’s Professor, thoughtfully examines ideas popular in higher ed right now: learner-centered education, teaching philosophy statements and peer-review of teaching. While there is much good information there, I notice that he makes the same mistake that so many do: they assume “peer-review of teachin” has to be an […]
Read More..>>good video clips about teaching
The POD list this week has been discussing videos as tools for faculty development. In general, people feel that taping workshops is not cost effective and after the fact, people don’t come in to watch them. On the other hand, short clips that provide a glimpse into someone else’s classroom/techniques and strategies can be useful […]
Read More..>>Too Deep for Tuesday?
As part of my campaign to maintain sanity, I receive a weekly email from an organization that promotes the work of Thomas Merton, a contemplative monk. Here is this week’s:
The Merton Reflection for the Week of October 9, 2006
“As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by […]
rain on my day off
For once, that’s a good thing! I am going to the James River Writer’s Festival today and tomorrow. I love to hang out and listen to people who are passionate about writing. It is interesting to note that you never hear writers talk about grammar or punctuation or correctness! People talk about how to make […]
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