PechaKucha 20 x 20 for Japan, for the Classroom?
What is that, you say? It is: “PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in […]
March 2011
“Digital Is” Resource for teaching writing in the digital age
This looks worth perusing and possibly joining if you teach writing or incorporate writing in your assignments: http://digitalis.nwp.org/ “The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and […]
Education Lecture at the Colonial, April 27
Dr. Richard DuFour Featured Speaker at Upcoming Education Lecture Series Pittsfield, Mass. – Free tickets are now available for the next Education Lecture Series program sponsored by The Legacy Banks […]
Teaching to the Text Message
An interesting opinion piece written by a college professor who teaches Freshman English: “I’VE been teaching college freshmen to write the five-paragraph essay and its bully of a cousin, the […]
Lecture on Race and Economics at MCLA
What Will It Take to Sustain Online Accessibility?
Once again, we are warned that the very technologies that offer so much to students (low cost, multiple platform support, social media interfaces) have not been made fully accessible. Please […]
Salman Khan’s Idea – from TED
Founder of the Khan Academy explores the approach of lectures by video that students view OUTSIDE OF CLASS, and reserving class time for doing homework. What do you think of […]
New England Faculty Development Conference, Fri, May 20
NEFDC Spring 2011 Conference: Friday, May 20, 2011 at College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA “Mentoring for Good Teaching and Successful Learning” Keynote: Dr. Mary Deane Sorcinelli
WebAIM posts screen reader user survey
The findings are below. Items of note for BCC: Mobile readers are growing at a similar pace to every other mobile usage – which calls out for a mobile strategy […]
NEH Institute at MCLA this summer
Dear Colleagues and Friends: We are offering a NEH Summer Institute “The Role of Place in African American Biography” to be held this summer sponsored by Massachusetts College of Liberal […]
