Category Archives: Academic Proposals

Churning out new assignments!: “Introduction to Historical Research and Presentations”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

There are two major exciting things about this post. Firstly, I’ve actually written something new! In order to accomplish this lofty goal, I thought I’d return to my approach of sharing new assignments that I’ve developed. Secondly, I figured out … Continue reading →

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THATCamp returns to Texas!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

So, once again, this space finds itself neglected while all manner of other developments take place. However, for at least this evening, I’ve found some material that I wrote already that I thought I’d re-post here and kill the proverbial … Continue reading →

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ISTE Follow-up and MixedInk Session Recap

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

I returned from Denver last week having had a whirlwind two days at the ISTE Conference in the enormous Denver Convention Center. Although I didn’t catch the major keynote addresses in person or manage avoid all downtime by jam-packing each … Continue reading →

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ISTE MixedInk Session: And the topic is…

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

Well, the day is finally upon us. Dave Stern and I will be presenting on using MixedInk in the classroom at a Bring Your Own Laptop session at 1:30 Mountain Time today. After the Google Form poll that I conducted … Continue reading →

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ISTE Arrival and Acronym Overload

Posted on June 28, 2010 by

Finally the day is nearly upon me. Months after having submitted a “Bring Your Own Laptop” proposal and learning of our acceptance, I’ve finally arrived at the Denver Convention Center and will be presenting on MixedInk in the classroom with … Continue reading →

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“Congratulation, and welcome the 2010 ISTE Conference…”

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

I’m not sure I ever mentioned this on my blog (probably as a way to prevent any intellectual espionage from taking place thereby dooming our chances at acceptance), but Vanessa Scanfeld, the co-founder of MixedInk, and I submitted a proposal … Continue reading →

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A flattering discovery…

Posted on December 9, 2009 by

In scanning through my blog’s statistics just now I noticed a huge (well, relative for a small-scale, infrequently updated blog on teaching, technology, and history) spike in traffic last week on Dec. 4. Not thinking that anything particularly eventful had … Continue reading →

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Poster Presentation: Now with Minor Revisions!

Posted on September 7, 2009 by

I had some good feedback yesterday regarding the design of my poster for the conference I’m presenting at this Friday. Rachel Donahue (hopefully I’ve got the URL fixed now, Rachel!) had a number of good, detailed suggestions both about visual … Continue reading →

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Ah, I think Gliffy is the solution.

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

Made with web-based interface at Gliffy.

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Any peer-reviewers want to offer some non-anonymous advice?

Posted on September 6, 2009 by

I’ve whiled away a number of hours putting together my poster presentation for this Friday’s conference on Active Learning at the University of Texas at Arlington. In the process of preparing this poster I accomplished the following feats and/or made … Continue reading →

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