Lora Looney interviews visiting comedy playwright Emilio Williams, a Writing Fellow in the MFA program at the Art Institute of Chicago and author of Smartphones, Medea’s Got Some Issues and Hamlet, My Nephew among other works. In preparation for a comedy adaptation workshop designed for Spanish students and using a famous Hollywood film as a…Continue Reading Interview With Visiting Playwright
When I first began using digital notes, I was seriously impressed with the positive impact on my work and learning. You see, I have always been a poor organizer of paper notes. Even if I carefully wrote down key points or things I needed to remember, the information invariably ends up lost, crumpled up, and…Continue Reading There Has Never Been a Better Time to Try Digital Notes
The Northwest College Reading and Learning Association conference is just around the corner from May 11-12 at the University of Portland. Register today at www.nwcrla.com. Our theme is “Blazing a Trail for Student Success.” On the Friday afternoon, Leonard Geddes of the LearnWell Projects will lead a three-hour workshop Preconditions for Learning: Establishing the Proper…Continue Reading Learning Commons hosts Northwest CRLA at UP, May 11-12
As we approach final exams, and wrap up an academic year’s worth of blogging on student mental health, many of us feel an accentuated sense of stress and anxiety. That is normal, and sometimes even healthy – stress, in reasonable quantities, is an adaptive response to improve motivation and performance. But many of us also…Continue Reading Cognitive Distortions and Irrational Beliefs: Students, Faculty, and Finals
I recently had an experience that I suspect every instructor can relate to – I was just finishing up office hours and heading home when a student stopped by ‘just to chat’. Nearly an hour (and four or five topics) later, I was finally out the door. In hindsight, it struck me just how much…Continue Reading Setting boundaries