Summertime mantra, or remembering why we do what we do
As we get close to a month away from classes starting again at UMW, I am working (as I often do in this months long in-between space of spring and…
A Reflection on the Classes I Taught in Fall 2018
Many faculty I know who maintain a public digital identity reflect frequently and thoughtfully on their teaching with regular blogging. I don’t tend to do that, unless there’s some specific…
Fun & Games
I’ve been on the gamification train for a long time. Still, I haven’t run out of things to learn, so when Mary Kayler announced a gamification workshop this spring, I…
On Not Banning Laptops in the Classroom
This post has been percolating for a while as a series of op-ed pieces and studies announcing that handwriting is better for learning or that laptops or other devices are ineffective…
Visualizing Intertextuality with Kumu.io
Kumu () is a web-based tool for exploring systems and relationships between actors in a network. It can be used to map related concepts, related people, or really anything that…
