Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Teaching with Inflammatory News Coverage

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Last month a clip was posted online of the conservative commentator Glenn Beck condemning Rockefeller Center . While it is nice to see par...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Grading with Voice Recognition Software

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Like most people, I've always done my grading by hand--students hand in a physical paper, I take a stack of them to a cafe or the librar...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Van Gogh Correspondence Online

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Van Gogh is one of the artists best known to the average undergraduate, and thus a favorite choice for papers. There's now a great new r...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Multiple Intelligences

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The other day I attended a workshop on Multiple Intelligences, or what one of the handouts called "Eight Ways of Being Smart." The...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

Academic Email Lists

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A recent article in the online Chronicle of Higher Education made me think about academic listservs and their uses . Some scholars believe t...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

The “Extra” Art History Textbook: A Writing Manual Roundup

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Art history textbooks are dry, encyclopedic, and non-controversial. They include every work of art except our favorites. We hear these...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Grading Essay Exams

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Let's talk. How do people grade essay exams that include points for image IDs? Some people place considerable weight on correct ID; the ...
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