Archive for February, 2007
A REAL Assessment of Teaching?
Students take a lot of tests, but teachers don’t have much to go on to know how effective their class was. Yesterday was one of those rare and great moments for me when I got to see for myself what my students learned.
Last spring’s Composition Theory class was great–engaged students created a very successful […]
The Privacy Myth?
My students now have their blogs set up and are starting to blog about their experiences as apprentices in the writing center, but we are struggling with some big issues. At first they were nervous about their own safety, but it was fairly easy to assure them anonymity with fake names, etc. But […]
Read More..>>Emporer of the Internet (and Oranges)
I could watch this performance over and over–watch it now; you’ll be glad you did.
My Composition Theory students just had their first exposure to Second Life, and I wish I had taken photos of their stunned faces. They are expressing some really healthy fears about the addictive nature of virtual worlds and games, about […]