Yesterday, I defended my doctoral dissertation and paid the last $120 in fees to the University of Minnesota. For the cost of tuition, they really…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Category: Teaching
Pedagogy and general teaching with (or without) modern technology.
I recorded grades and the end is near. The last day of class was May 4, 2010. Teaching is over for me, for now. The…
In the last few days, I have noticed what might be called an “explosion” of activity on the forums for my writing class. With 23…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley April 2010 Issue March 1, 2010 The New Job Hunt: Searches Begin Online My university students are predominantly juniors and seniors.…
I still dislike the “pop-up” or “list” method for entering grades in Moodle. I could enter digits much faster; I hate being forced to use…
I went back to requiring weekly responses to readings and lectures after two semesters without the requirement. I know students always complained about weekly responses…
I have experienced two issues with Moodle that annoy me. One is inconvenient, the other is truly frustrating. The inconvenience doesn’t surprise me: the full-featured…
Students have submitted their first assignments via Moodle and are starting to use the Moodle-based Wiki system for group projects. I have a lot of…
Visalia Direct: Virtual Valley March 2010 Issue January 23, 2010 Will Textbooks Go Digital… and Free? California schools spend nearly $500 million each year on…
Moodle is definitely proving to be more flexible and, sometimes, more efficient than Blackboard. I created five groups for class today in under 15 minutes,…