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I've put together this website to serve as a space for the writing courses I instruct. Class discussions, blogs, wikis, and other specific course activity and interaction will take place on Blackboard. This space is reserved for resources to help my students evolve as writers in their academic, professional, and personal lives. And while blackboard sites dedicated to specific courses will come and go depending on the semester, this website will always be here!

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Avatars to Teach the Teachers

13-07-2010

Here’s how it works: The teacher-in-training stands in a room in front of a projection screen depicting five students in two rows. The student avatars are being controlled by “interactors” -- acting students from the university’s fine arts school and sometimes hired professionals -- who have studied the behavior of the students they are embodying.

Twit Lit 101: How Twitter Is Redefining Writing

30-06-2010

"Twitter critics all seem to forget the old adage: less is more."

Teachers Report Educational Benefits of Frequent Technology Use

30-06-2010

"Teachers who use technology frequently in their classrooms perceive greater benefits to student learning--particularly learning 21st century skills--than teachers who are less frequent users. That's one of the major findings from a K-12 technology study released Monday."