Inspiring Student Engagement with Technology
March 19, 2015
Tracy Bartel
How can we replicate the educational benefits of in-class discussions and lectures in an online environment?
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Assignments
The Commonplace Book Assignment
March 11, 2014
Vimala Pasupathi, Hofstra University
This assignment asks students to create their own Commonplace Book, encouraging them to think about reading practices in old and new forms of media. Read more… The Commonplace Book Assignment
Authentic Hybridity: Remix and Appropriation as Multimodal Composition
March 17, 2013
Marina Hassapopoulou, University of Florida
Students are asked to choose a video and a picture/image online that represents them and to write a reflection explaining their choice and how they might remix it. Read more… Authentic Hybridity: Remix and Appropriation as Multimodal Composition
Thinking Critically about Technology in the Classroom: Assignment Design for Pre-Service Teachers
March 7, 2013
Amanda M. Greenwell, Central Connecticut State University
This reflection examines two writing assignments within the context of the course design insofar as their success in prompting pre-service teachers to think critically about the use of educational technology in their discipline-specific pedagogy. Read more… Thinking Critically about Technology in the Classroom: Assignment Design for Pre-Service Teachers
Designing Accidents: Advocating Aleatory Research Methods in New Media Pedagogy
February 18, 2013
Kyle P. Vealey, Purdue University
Jeffrey M. Gerding, Purdue University
This assignment sequence advocates the use of aleatory research methods in new media pedagogy. Read more… Designing Accidents: Advocating Aleatory Research Methods in New Media Pedagogy
