This semester I am using Moodle for online course content, after six years of Blackboard use (including WebCT, WebVista). I thought I’d chronicle my experiences;…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Teaching
Pedagogy and general teaching with (or without) modern technology.
While working on the research for my dissertation, I have read page after page on writing pedagogy asserting that the goal of a university writing…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley September 2009 Issue July 27, 2009 Facebook, YouTube and… You, Unemployed For the past few years, I have told my students…
I am currently dealing with three major projects: Completing my dissertation. Applying for 2010 positions Finishing home renovations. The middle task, quite literally sandwiched between…
I attended Computers and Writing 2009 earlier this month and returned with mixed emotions. First, the negatives — so I can end on the positives of…
This year has been a study in contrasts. I chose to teach a traditional technical writing course in the fall and a hybrid course during…
I am completing an online portfolio, which is always a good process for self-evaluation as an instructor. Because I ask my students to create online…
Sometimes the technology wins. The reality of computers is that they are still machines. This means that parts wear out — hard drives certainly come…
My students are not as tech-savvy as I assumed. No only are they not on the bleeding edge of technology, they suffer from the standard…
When I consider what I hope to teach and research, I begin with the question how online collaborative tools shape the composition process. How does…