New Traditions

Over the years, procedures for gift giving have changed many times in my family. From buying gifts for everyone to exchanging names, we’ve always done some sort of gift giving over the holidays (not to mention birthdays!). This year, one side of the family decided that in place of buying gifts for each other we [...]

Image Choices

In the past two weeks I’ve had multiple conversations about images and their use by students. I’ve decided there are two issues when it comes to images and their use in curricular activities:

Where to find appropriate images?
What is the purpose of the image?

Of course, the first question has other underlying questions ~ copyright questions, filtering [...]

Two Courses, One Reflection

Rewind…
Last fall (2007), I participated in a graduate course entitled, Teaching in the 21st Century: The Need for Change. This course was totally online ~ my first experience with a totally online course. I learned plenty about shifting practice in teaching, but most importantly (for me) I learned a lot about myself and how I learn. 
 
I [...]