Weekly Teaching Note Archive
Fall 2009 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
September 14, 2009 -- The Flu Tolerant Syllabus
September 21, 2009 -- A Different Take on the First Day of Class
September 28, 2009 -- Style Points
October 6, 2009 -- Mid Quarter Student Feedback
October 12, 2009 -- Study Storm Challenge
October 19, 2009 -- Saving Time on Recommendation Letters
November 2, 2009 -- Policies for Sanity in Larger Classes
November 11, 2009 -- Pedagogies for Sanity in Larger Classes
November 16, 2009 -- Testing for Sanity in Larger Classes
Spring 2009 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
April 13, 2009 - Book Review: The End of Oil
April 20, 2009 - Calibrated Peer Review
April 27, 2009 - Making Rubrics
May 4, 2009 - Staying Well, Protecting the Voice
Winter 2009 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
January 5, 2009 - The Big Question
January 12, 2009 - Writing Your Own Assignments
January 19, 2009 - What are They Thinking? Mid-Quarter Feedback
January 26, 2009 - The Value Line
February 2, 2009 - Question Templates
February 9, 2009 -- Digital Storytelling
February 16, 2009 -- Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
February 23, 2009 -- From a Student's Perspective
March 3, 2009 -- What to Leave Out
Fall 2008 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
September 23, 2008 - Immediacy in the Classroom
October 6, 2008 - Problem Zero
October 13, 2008 --What Do They Think You Mean?
October 20, 2008 -- Object Lesson
October 27, 2008 -- No Fault Quiz
November 3, 2008 -- Using Music to Teach Text Analysis
November 17, 2008 -- Taking a Break
Spring 2008 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
April 1, 2008 - There’s More to a Quarter (the 25-cent kind) Than They Think
April 7, 2008 - Mindset: The New Psychology of SuccessApril 14, 2008 - “Luck of the Draw” – Using Playing Cards for In-Class Group Work
April 21, 2008 - “Can’t Fix Nothing”
April 28, 2008 - “Three Ideas for Encouraging Learning with Exams”
May 5, 2008 - “Helping Students Self-Evaluate”
May 12, 2008 - “A Radical Approach to Procrastination”
May 19, 2008 - “Stone Age Technology”
May 27, 2008 - “The Last Day of Class”
June 2, 2008 - "How Students Use the Syllabus"
June 9, 2008 - "Summer Reading"
Winter 2008 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
January 7, 2008 - Time Management (Part 1 of 3)
January 14, 2008 - Overcoming Procrastination (Part 2 of 3)
January 21, 2008 - Staying on Task (Part 3 of 3)
January 28, 2008 - Encouraging Students to Come to Office Hours (Part 1 of 2)
February 4, 2008 - What to Do During Office Hours (Part 2 of 2)
February 11, 2008 - Helping Distressed Students
February 18, 2008 - How Do You Do That? - Making Expert Thinking Clear for Novices
February 25, 2008 - Resist Extra Credit
March 3, 2008 - What to Leave Out
March 10, 2008 - Spring Break Reading
March 17, 2008 - Ideas for the First Day of Class
Fall 2007 Weekly Teaching Note Archive
December 3, 2007 - Holiday Reading
November 26, 2007 - The Last Day of Class
November 19, 2007 - Planning Ahead for Stress
November 13, 2007 - Student Ratings of Teaching
November 5, 2007 - The Reverse Lecture
October 29, 2007 - Helping Students Learn to Read
October 22, 2007 - After the Midterm
October 15, 2007 - If Not You, Then Who? Dealing with Violence Against Women
October 8, 2007 - Writing Multiple Choice Exams
October 1, 2007 - Mid-Quarter Student Feedback
September. 24, 2007 - A Teacher's Voice
September. 17, 2007 - Ideas for the First Day of Class
