A Remote Learning Lesson from My Great Aunt Doris
A few months ago, I found an old box of papers from my grandfather’s sister. A career stenographer for most of the 20th century, my…
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Take the Critique, Not to Heart
The final assignment for my writing class is a comprehensive article built from everything we practice over the semester—plus a publishing plan. I tell students…
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Voice is the Tech You Want
I loved teaching in front of live classes again this winter. It didn’t change my mind about teaching online. On the contrary, it reinforced my…
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Three Languages Separate Good Ideas
When I finished explaining the syllabus and the progression of the assignments in the writing course, a student raised his hand and asked, “So basically,…
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Twitter Is Dead; Long Live Twitter
Here is an article I don’t need to read again: a professor or teacher polls their classroom, discovers the students don’t use a social media…
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Hashtags Don’t Need to Trend
Ask people to define a hashtag and you’ll hear “marketing or advertising tool” more than you should. After all, every billboard and banner has a…
