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5 Things I’ll Need to Survive the Fall Semester
We're several weeks into the Fall 2015 semester and a cold front is chilling Oklahoma. It's time for falling leaves, mums, apple spice candles, and football games. As we progress into the new semester, I've identified this year's list of 5 Things I'll Need to Survive the Fall Semester. Here they are, in no particular order: 1. Starbucks I'm … [Read more...]
3 Takeaways about Honing your Journalism Skills from #wjchat
Journalism students are lucky. They get to spend pretty much all day, every day learning about and practicing their craft. But, how do journalists continue honing their skills once they already earned their degrees? This question was the topic of a recent #wjchat, a weekly chat for web journalists. The 1.5 hour-long chat is a 7 p.m. CST … [Read more...]
Why I Lifted the Ban on Classroom Technology
You won't find any technology bans in my class syllabuses. I lifted them long ago and now encourage the use of technology in the classroom. It's an issue that seems to come up every semester. Should professors or should they not allow students to use technology in class? There are a lot of good reasons to ban tech use in the classroom. … [Read more...]
Eight is Great!
The cliché birthday cards are correct, eight is great! I launched this blog eight years ago while attending what is now called College Media Association’s annual fall conference in St. Louis. I recently returned from attending my seventh CMA conference in Philadelphia. A session Joe Gisondi presented at the St. Louis conference all those … [Read more...]
5 Things I’ll Need to Survive the Summer
Grades are submitted and the 2013-14 academic year is in the books. Summers are the best thing about being an educator. Notice I didn’t write “summers off are the best thing about being an educator?” Whoever thinks teachers get the summers off obviously never has been a teacher. My summer workload so far consists of grading final exams and … [Read more...]
Helping Students Cope with Trauma
My master's degree in higher education taught me all of the pedagogical basics necessary to be an effective professor. Upon graduation, I could write a syllabus, plan and implement a course, generate and lead a lively and intelligent course discussion, and even deal with student disciplinary issues and problem administrators. Overall, despite my … [Read more...]