Technology is always advancing, and it’s tempting to think that advancing technology always presents opportunities for education. I think that’s reasonable in principle, but in practice? In practice, advancing technology often disengages students from the work of active learning — especially when the technology provides a convenience. Consider presentation software, like PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation…
There is so much content available on public sites. Students use YouTube as much as any other site to figure things out and deepend their understanding. But we (university educators) are tempted to think of ourselves as instead of YouTube instead of in addition to YouTube. It turns out that instead of creating content of…
While we’ve all been doing Zoom teaching for a while now, many of us are still pretty bad at it! Here’s a simple trick you can use to look better in every Zoom conference or classroom. The YouTube video walks through the process of using a temporary virtual background, based on the “rule of thirds”…
I taught three classes this past semester, and it’s a good opportunty to reflect on some of the choices I made.
