In keeping with my end of the semester reflections on teaching, I’m starting to feel that my History 240: The Historians Crap Craft is ..
It’s the time of the semester where I tend to jot down some class notes for the classes that I’ve taught. Ideally, these notes ..
It the time of the week (and frankly, semester) where the best I can do is muster three quick thoughts for the ole bloggeroo. 1. Inspiration. ..
Next month, I’m giving a paper at a conference called “Digital Approaches to Teaching the Ancient Mediterranean” and hosted ..
Like most of us who teach for a living, the first day of classes is exciting. It’s when we get back to doing what we’re sent ..
I have come to realize that I’m more or less addicted to one too many things on my plate, one too many adventures to be had, one too many ..
I haven’t written a Teaching Thursday for a while, and this semester, my teaching has been particularly invigorating (aside from having ..
This weekend, I put fingers to keyboard to produce a course description for my honors course in the 2015-2017 University of North Dakota ..
Yesterday our department had a 3-hour meeting to discuss how we might adjust our curriculum now that our graduate program has been de-funded. ..
The Fall 2017 semester has begun at College of Marin. After a summer of relative leisure, I’m finding myself falling into some recognizable ..
I still get excited about the first day of a new academic year or a new semester. I have a pocketful of new pens, some new ideas for my classes, ..
This semester provided me with significant food for thought. There was campus budget chaos, new priorities in our department, and likely ..
As readers of this blog know, I’ve been posting my occasional thoughts about the budget cuts at the University of North Dakota. Most ..