Category: Teaching Tips
Teaching tips, tools, and hacks as well as descriptions of lessons
Breaking the Ice with an Argument
This week my first-year college students got to know each other better through argumentation thanks to my adaptation of Dave…
Starting The Year Off Write
How do you start things off with your students? I used to dive into the horribly, tedious syllabus review session…
Teaching In #6Words
I love six-word stories. I love to create them and I love to use them in my classes. Chances are…
3 reasons you should build assessments as a class
What’s New? In recent years I have gone all in on ungrading, but even before that was true I thought…
3 reasons why you should practice metateaching
I named my blog Metawriting for a reason. One of the foundational principles of my theory of teaching writing (or…
Easing The Pain Of Grading
While everyone else is enjoying a snow day, I am in the midst of midterm grading. Why does it always…
