Tag: Education

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Final Reflections

Every student in every class I teach — from first year writers to upper level English majors to professionals taking…

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How do you check in?

Recently I had a conversation with a colleague where he was lamenting the amount of grading that he had to…

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3 reasons I love teaching hybrid courses

Much of my teaching career at Morehead State has included teaching hybrid courses. In hybrid, also known as blended, courses…

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First, Do No Harm

What’s New? My writing classes have always focused more on writing than direct instruction, but ever since our first pandemic…

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In Defense of Rubrics

In recent months I have witnessed many attacks on rubrics and a lot of pushback from educators in response to…

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3 Things Every Writing Program Needs

What’s New? In the five years since I wrote this post I am struck by how much of all three…