thinking about the whats and whys of education

Improvisational teaching

I still have draft posts in the hopper from the June 2010 nmc summer meeting (yes, June 2010...yes, this post…

Posted on: July 8, 2013
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Fear, Motivation, Social Consciousness and Language Learning: the graph

As I started to put away papers from the last semester, I found this graph that one of my students…

Posted on: July 5, 2013
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Using Radio Ambulante in the Spanish language classroom

This semester I discovered an astonishingly awesome audio resource: Radio Ambulante. Radio Ambulante is a Spanish-language radio program showcasing compelling…

Posted on: July 3, 2013
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The constantly-updating syllabus

I have written a bit on the idea of the Backward Syllabus on this site, and how I believe that…

Posted on: March 7, 2011
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Rethinking the syllabus… one learning outcome at a time

The semester has begun and now, three weeks into it, I feel as if I can finally catch my breath…

Posted on: March 1, 2011
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Syllabus Hacking with Bryan and the bava

[note: this post has been sitting in draft mode for far too long. Bryan and Jim: I apologize. Time got…

Posted on: January 23, 2011
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Technology as a break from learning.

The last two or three weeks of a semester are hard. Teachers are making the big, final push to the…

Posted on: January 2, 2011
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In which LLU gets on the ds106 carnival cruise

Our friends Jim Groom and Martha Burtis are creating DS106...an online course for teaching exploring digital storytelling over at UMW.…

Posted on: December 15, 2010
By: bsawhill
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Oh Holly Holiday, You Got it -All- Wrong

Time for a confession: I watch Glee. And I love it. Yes, yes I know in real life they are…

Posted on: November 23, 2010
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Why taking attendance doesn’t matter

Classes began here last Tuesday. On Monday the fotocopier was whizzing away, printing out syllabi at a mad clip (we…

Posted on: September 14, 2010
By: bsawhill
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