DF Workbook Activity: Free Writing: Tech Nightmare

This is not necessarily pedagogical, but when I was teaching at AUC (The American university in Cairo) we used Turnitin.com and I had an entire semester of assignments (I often tried to include a lot of 100/0, meaning that just by engaging and doing something, the student got 100%) and as I was reviewing finals, […]

As I make intentional decisions about the inclusion or exclusion of digital technologies, I find myself becoming increasingly concerned about the possible negative side-effects that may accompany extensive immersion with digital technology. It is all too easy to only consider the couple hours my students are exposed to technology in my classroom, but when I […]

One of my first experiences as a tech-loving returning student back in 2010 comes to mind, yet before I even begin I realize this isn’t about the technology failing me. It’s about the lack of thoughtful consideration that went into everything else around it! The activity asked us to use Mind Tools to collaborate and […]

When I taught a small class about a year ago, we had lengthy discussions on the subject of building healthy habits. I spoke to my class about the forming of tiny habits and decided on using a video where gentleman spoke about the formation of tiny habits by pairing it with an existing, every day […]

Probably my most memorable time having a technology fail during class was using someone else’s lesson plan without a trial run beforehand. There was an amazing documentary series from PBS that had a teaching resources website full of class activities. One activity was designed to get students to understand more about global health challenges related […]

My dad was an electronic engineer, testing out new technological innovations and often seeing failure before seeing any successes. As a kid, I got to see prototypes of tech that we now think of as obsolete–CD players, Laserdiscs for movies, early HD TV beginnings (those TVs were huge). While it was exciting to see tech […]