Archive for April, 2006

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

slumming

I’m tending to post more over at Aqueduct, my academic technology blog. I will be hosting a history carnival on June 1st, and will be posting some thoughts about Second Life - a virtual world without a knitting store. Stop by and say hi.

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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Carnival!

I will be hosting the June 1st History Carnival here at Aqueduct. In honor of my upcoming doctoral defense, the theme will be “American Dissent” from Daniel Shays to Tom Hayden. You are welcome to leave nominations in the comments. I’d love to feature some commentary on digital respositories, so if you’ve been meaning to [...]

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Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Finals … Job Interview … Life

really, I’m not ignoring my computer. In fact I am spending too much time pressing buttons and not nearly enough time knitting. I’ve got final projects due this weekend and then a big, BIG, BIG job interview on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Pedagogy and Curriculum II self-assessment

Self-assessment:
In an earlier post about self-assessment, I wrote that students often laughed when given the task of grading themselves. With little or no guidance, the instinct to give yourself an A and walk away is too easy. Really, who wouldn’t? But this is where I have begun to see the value of rubrics – and [...]

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Saturday, April 1st, 2006

The birth of an essay collection

Check out “Pages” in the sidebar to follow a growing collection of essays.

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