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Some Pedagogical Changes in My Teaching Over the Past Twenty-Five Years

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Whenever I think about my, at this point, quarter century of teaching at both the high school and university level, I contemplate how I even became a teacher. As I’ve written about before, barely graduated with my undergraduate degree in secondary education and minor in English. I struggled my first few semester teaching high school, and those struggles led me to graduate school and ultimately to … Read More Some Pedagogical Changes in My Teaching Over the Past Twenty-Five Years

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American Literature (1865-present) Course

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It has been a few years since I have taught an American literature survey course, either from the colonial period to 1865 or from 1865 to the present. When I teach survey courses likes this, ones that span multiple decades and centuries, I usually use an anthology. This semester, though, I wanted to try something different. Instead of using an anthology, which would limit … Read More American Literature (1865-present) Course

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Laziness or Pedagogical Instability?

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Over the past couple of weeks, we have been reading about the digital landscape and technology in the classroom during my composition class. The readings, varying in years from 2001 to the present, have gotten me interested in thinking about the ways that I incorporate technology into the classroom while at the same time making that implementation engaging to the students and not just … Read More Laziness or Pedagogical Instability?

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Embracing Cellphones in the Classroom: My Recent Experiences

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Update: The things I discuss in the post may not be feasible for every classroom due to students not having these forms of technology. I would not incorporate these techniques into my classroom if I felt like it would alienate some students because they did not have access to cellphones, tablets, or laptops. This semester, I noticed that in every class (three) each student had some form … Read More Embracing Cellphones in the Classroom: My Recent Experiences

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