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 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
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 By: bsawhill With: 5 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
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 With: 4 Comments
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 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
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 With: 4 Comments