Introduction – Contextualization, pre planning, reflection on #DigPINS, defining the project and reason for the proposal:The original reason for the proposal was to post student work online so that everyone with web access could see the work that students were creating in my special topics …
Category: Implementation Report
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth – and we sure got punched hard this semester
My favorite quote that I tell my students every semester is from Mike Tyson – “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Usually it means that not everything goes to plan and it highlights the need for critical thinking and flexibility …
Using Flipgrid Videos and Breakout Rooms to help students discuss crime fiction
I came to the #DigPINS experience through the back door, so to speak. I had ideas for modifying my Spanish 389 special topics course titled “Murder, Mystery and Mayhem: Contemporary Latin American Crime Fiction and Film” to enhance student learning and increase student interest in …
PANDEMIC!?! Meh… #DigPINS and Digital Lab Notebooks
In these unprecedented times… this significant event in our history… this once in a lifetime pandemic… did I miss any other cliche openings to reference the mess that this semester turned into? I may be speaking to the choir (now meeting virtually as singing spreads …
My Journey with #digPINS…Round 2!
This past (crazy) semester I embarked on another digital journey with other faculty and staff from St. Norbert College. My particular project focused on my Ethnic Geography course and me utilizing my own Domain (website) more during the course. This was important to me because …
Using Google Tools to Promote Academic Integrity and Knowledge of Social Science
The Project COME 352: Media Effects is a course focused on the field of media psychology. Within the course, students learn about social scientific research, which also addresses core curriculum goals. One of the key formative assessments in the course is a series of reading …
Back to the Future … er, … Past
For Leadership Studies 363 I hoped to infuse a fairly traditional pedagogy with some technological tools/enhancements in part to make the content feel more contemporary, and in part to build a new set of writing skills for students enrolled in the class. I made some …
Enhancing Student Engagement to Promote Deep Learning
Project Synthesis and Rationale I added a new assessment piece to my Human Anatomy and Histology course, called Intellectual Engagement Activities (IEA) to enhance student engagement with the material. In the past, students have waited too long to study for the anatomy exams (the …
Blogs as a space for critical and collective reflection.
For my #DigPINS implementation project, I added blogs to my Spanish 300 course, a course which focuses on developing students’ communication skills, both verbal and written, while also enhancing their knowledge of Hispanic cultures. My section of this course incorporated service learning in its curriculum, …
Transitioning to Online Teaching
CCO: @charlesdeluvio Transitioning to Online Teaching The original proposal for the #DigPINS project was to create an online assignment. However, given the current global situation, all my courses suddenly transitioned to online teaching. I immediately started exploring new methods to communicate and collaborate with students. …
