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- Sharing Gratitude for Podcast Guest Appearances 2021/05/10
- Students at the Helm (for real) 2021/04/08
- Curiosity Saved My Life 2021/04/07
- Teaching Memo: Holocaust Education 7-Week Unit of Study 2021/04/06
- Teaching Memo: My EdWeek Opinion Article – Hybrid Teaching Dos and Don’ts 2021/04/06
- Teaching Memo: The Listicle Assignment (You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!) 2021/04/05
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On Student Motivation (and on making content matter through gamification)
So as not to bury the lead: gamification motivates more naturally than does the boring, standard approach to content. For those who see my posts and think, TLDR, you may be interested in homing in on the bold-faced ideas, which … Continue reading
Student Choice + Choice Architecture
When we walk into retail stores – Home Depot, Target, or whatever your personal flavor – effective store designers know how to encourage from us particular choices. Sunstein and Thaler would call such experience-creators “choice architects”. By presenting our shopping … Continue reading
Student Choice Leads to Lifelong Learning
I’ve been teaching for over a decade, and whereas most of these years I made myself as important as possible in the learning process, over the last few years I’ve been working on minimizing the notability of my presence in … Continue reading
Teaching Memo 3: Remaining Teachable
One of the most important characteristics of a good teacher is a commitment to remain teachable. This is not, as it sounds, mere proverb. It must be demonstrated. Every semester, I engage in an ongoing evaluation of my teaching habits … Continue reading
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