Tag Archives: Teaching Carnival

New Assignment Alert!!!: The Presidency and the Media – A Comparative Analysis

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

Just when I think I’ve got things in order and I’m happy with the trajectory of a unit, I end up dreaming up some new assignment that occupies my evening. Sigh. Tonight’s antagonist (though not an unwelcome one) is an … Continue reading →

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Backlog Post #1: The Market Revolution, Atlantic Context, and Information Reorganization

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

While my last post ostensibly was going to open the flood-gates of a number of new posts dealing with what I’ve been working on in my classes, that plan fell through (read: baby + grad school + teaching = neglect … Continue reading →

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Building a Collaborative Comparison with Google Docs

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

This past week I had my US History students looking at the variety of developments, economic systems, political arrangements, and connections with Native Americans that took place in the North American English colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. To … Continue reading →

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Got nothing to write? Might as well re-blog yourself.

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

In perusing through my RSS feed today, I noticed that ProfHacker posted their most recent installment of the Teaching Carnival, which always proves to be an interest overview of the most recent pedagogical blogging. I was delightfully surprised to discover … Continue reading →

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