The power of persuasion

Yeah, it’s a grabby title. But in at least one small example of mine this is true. And I’ll try to explain why. I teach in a Freshman Studies program here at St. Ed’s. My particular section is Science & … Continue reading →

I’m just finishing up hosting the THATCamp LAC conference and I’ve had some issues with different skill levels in the participants. Specifically, we are dealing with both a wide number of participants who are very new to the field and … Continue reading →

Like many of you, I’ve got a love-hate relationship with annotated bibliographies. Love the way that it gets students to really read the source and think about what it says. They just won’t do that if their first exposure to a … Continue reading →

A good friend shared Cracked Magazine’s online article, 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women. It’s another of the continuing series of pop magazine articles that make the claim sexist media are warping our children into adopting sexist, … Continue reading →

Teaching writing to a specific audience is like learning karate (trust me – it makes sense) Disclaimer: This post is a thought-in progress. Hence, the ideas will be underdeveloped from where I eventually want them to land. And it will … Continue reading →

It’s an idea I’ve been batting around with – assigning groups based on personality tests. I first thought of doing a Myers-Briggs styled personality inventory. But that would give me FAR more information than I needed. I really don’t want … Continue reading →

This post has been inspired by a handful of sources. The barrage of op-ed pieces of late attacking higher ed as flawed and/or irrelevant (e.g., here and here). Alex Reid’s posts on “reputation badges.” And a recent discussion group at … Continue reading →

Another random coding post I may have a fairly unique situation, but if not, here’s my problem & solution. I run several class blogs as subdomains on ryanhoover.net (2325.ryanhoover.net, 13o2.ryanhoover.net, etc.). Before this solution, I’ve been installing each class blog … Continue reading →

I’ll come right out and say it: I hate the “academic research paper” Not sure I can be any more blunt than that. I see the academic research paper as an entirely artificial genre, one that has no known equivalent outside … Continue reading →