Photo: Latke Time [345/366] by Tim Sackton on Flickr, used under a CC-BY 2.0 license I’m using a food-related theme for my summer technical writing course. The first assignment is an oral presentation (video) that they will use to introduce…
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10 Assignments on Hashtags
Image Credit: Piqsels.com, used under public domain. I’m working on a series of assignments and classroom activities that will support the “Digital Assignments for Activist & Justice-Oriented Projects” presentation that I’m giving at the Computers and Writing Conference this year.…
Ten Ways to Improve Educational Videos
The move to online courses has many of us working to create videos that replace the explanations of concepts and demonstrations of skills that we would customarily do in the campus classroom. The strategies below help make those videos more…
Ten Active Learning Strategies Using Word Clouds
Last week, I reviewed several word cloud generators and suggested a few ways that you can use word clouds in the classroom. This week, I am sharing some ways that you can use word clouds in your classes to engage…
Ten Winter Activities with ReadWriteThink Interactives
The last days of 2011 are counting down, and it’s likely that your days in the classroom for 2011 are even fewer! As you’re planning for the last days of the calendar year, consider using ReadWriteThink interactives for one of…
Ten Ways to Document Your Convention Participation
When you attend a convention, you can gain more than a vita line. You already know that you can learn about the latest research and practices, and you probably value the chance to catch up with colleagues from other schools…
Top 10 Things to Do with a Banned Text
How will you discuss Banned Books Week (BBW) this year? It’s easy to find ideas for displays and activities for libraries. The problem is that most of them are too general or would be difficult to use in the writing…
List of Ten: Fun with Crayons
I’m a sucker for office supplies. Snoop around my desk, and you’ll find colored pencils, a rainbow of Sharpies, and a full range of notebooks and pads of paper. It’s no surprise then that I was excited when I found…
Even More Literary Ten Bests
Can you name ten memorable vegetables from the literature you’ve read? How about ten pieces of literature that include a shipwreck or perhaps a volcano? You’ll find lists for these and much more below. When I went searching for the…
Traci’s 1st List of Ten: Ten Ways to Ask Students to Re-Think the Classroom
Originally Posted July 1, 1998 to ACW-L, WCenter, NCTE-Talk, and TEACH and at the Daedalus Website Place your students in the future. It’s the year 3098. A team of archaeologists discovers your classroom, exactly as it is now. What do…