A Brief Tour of Our Campus’s Handbook to Writing

Writing is hard. That’s why improving the writing skills of our students across their four years is a cross-campus shared responsibility. Having UP students in all disciplines do much of their thinking on paper has dividends not only in their written expression but also in developing knowledge in their field. Fortunately, both faculty and students…Continue Reading A Brief Tour of Our Campus’s Handbook to Writing

Music in the Classroom

Ever considered using music in the classroom? The following excerpt comes from the book Music and Learning by Chris Brewer, 1995. In this article, Brewer describes simple ways music can be used to positively affect learning in the classroom. Visit the links to the music as within the body of the article to listen the…Continue Reading Music in the Classroom

Report – Interactive Video in Education 2016

Last year, one of the first posts I wrote for the TL site was as a summary of  Kaltura, Inc’s whitepaper on the state of video in the education space. Kaltura is back at it again in 2016, this time with a much more in-depth, 45-page report. While I think it’s important to bear in mind…Continue Reading Report – Interactive Video in Education 2016

An Old Dog Learns New Tech Tricks for Teaching

Every summer I teach a course called The Arts in Portland, Fine Arts 307.  It’s a follow up to the core course, Fine Arts 207, but we allow students to take FA 307 as a substitute for FA 207.  That means that some students have not had the basic introduction to film, music, theater, architecture,…Continue Reading An Old Dog Learns New Tech Tricks for Teaching

Thinking Through Teaching Quotations

These two-dozen thoughts from various scholars, writers, and thinkers have us ponder the situation and purpose of teaching. As the quotations jostle, complement, and contradict each other, their philosophies may provoke us to think through and articulate our own classroom ideals….Continue Reading Thinking Through Teaching Quotations