Archive for July, 2008
The Living and the Dead
Terry - Jul 16th, 2008
Sometimes stark contrasts just fall into your path. In one meeting today, a faculty member wanted to know more about why class participation is important and how to grade it. We had a delightful conversation, unpacking what we mean by “class participation” and I got to pull out stuff about constructivist theories of knowledge, and […]
Read More..>>Laptop Study: the News is Good
Terry - Jul 7th, 2008
Buried in the Times Dispatch today was an article on the study done of the Henrico “One to One” Initiative. Is it cynical to say that if the report had come back negative, the study would have been on page one? I’m too pleased to be cynical now, so disregard that…
My favorite quote is:
“Students say […]