Hot Topics in the Classroom
Submitted by chromiak on 18 August 2009 - 7:16am.Controversial topics provide an opportunity for students to learn how to listen, understand, disagree, and discuss in a civil manner.
The following suggestions come from Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and were written by Lee Warren.
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Art of discussion leading (30 min.) -- Art of the lecture (28 min.)
Submitted by chromiak on 28 July 2009 - 2:52pm.About this Handbook
Submitted by chromiak on 16 July 2009 - 4:59pm.This guide is meant to provide Dickinson faculty, both seasoned classroom veterans and new colleagues, with a single place to find policy statements, recommendations, and suggestions from colleagues. This guide is also just that, a guide to teaching at Dickinson College. We are proudly pluralistic in our approaches to teaching, so new faculty should feel comfortable finding what works best for them (and their students) in the classroom.
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Knowledge as design
Submitted by chromiak on 14 July 2009 - 11:34am.Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd Ed)
Submitted by chromiak on 14 July 2009 - 11:22am.Source:
Applying Science to Learning
Submitted by chromiak on 22 June 2009 - 12:56pm.The following link from Claremont McKenna provides interested faculty with a compendium of resources related to teaching. Each is based on cognitive science research.
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/berger/asl/ar.php
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Dean Shareski needs help defining "teacher"
Submitted by webbe on 15 February 2009 - 9:49pm.I commend Dean Shareski's blogpost here, where he muses on the changing roles of teachers and, in particular, of good teachers. Content delivery is less central when 'content is everywhere.' But engaging, encouraging, and empowering students is still very necessary, as is the role of connecting them to others who can guide and help them. I don't necessarily buy in to his metaphor of teacher as network administrator, but I do see that connective role as very important to how we can help many students learn
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Blogging as a pedagogical tool
Submitted by webbe on 4 February 2009 - 8:26pm.I have been invited to take part in a NITLE video conference at the end of this month about using blogs in teaching. Feel free to sign up (by Feb 13), join in, and give me a hard time.
Among other things, I will be discussing my experiment this semester in my course about media and identity in the Middle East and North Africa. Read all about it here, and be sure to check out what the students are blogging about. Comments most welcome.
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Talking through the movie
Submitted by webbe on 8 December 2008 - 11:13am.I described an experiment in using a chatroom to allow discussion during a film showing on my blog here.
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Web-based tools for basic composition (The Topoi)
Submitted by chromiak on 27 August 2008 - 2:01pm.Academhack offers a link to Mark Marino's USC Writing Program web-based tools to help students sharpen their essays. Follow the link and discover The Topoi!
http://www.pageflakes.com/markcmarino/23536077
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