Tag Archives: Humanities

SXSWEdu: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Solve Problems

by Ling - Hui Chen Posted on April 5, 2016

Temple Grandin, SXSWEdu 2016 opening keynote speaker, is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and often speaks about her personal story of autism and cattle handling. Temple, this charming quirky character, shared her personal story of growing up with … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Student Assignments Outside the Classroom

by Rebecca Davis Posted on February 12, 2014

On Wednesday, February 12 at noon Instructional Technology hosted a tech snack on collaborative student assignments outside the classroom featuring Kendall Kelly, Assistant Professor of English, Writing, and Rhetoric. Dr. Kelly led a discussion that focused on these questions: How … Continue reading →

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Tips for Using Blogs to Improve Student Outcomes

by Rebecca Davis Posted on February 12, 2014

Kendall Kelly, Assistant Professor of English, Writing, and Rhetoric, is our guest blogger for this post: Student blogging can create valuable learning opportunities.  Blogs can provide students the chance to work on particular skills like writing, audience analysis, or critical … Continue reading →

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Enhancing Your Presentations with the ‘Substitution’ Method

by Michael Weston Posted on November 19, 2013

Substitution is a technique that addresses the phenomenon sometimes referred to as ‘Death By PowerPoint’. DBP occurs when a speaker reads his slides to the audience (very often word-for-word). While we’ve all endured DBP as audience members or students, it’s … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a Text Analysis Assignment

by Rebecca Davis Posted on November 12, 2013

In Spring 2013, I taught LAT312K: Intermediate Latin at the University of Texas-Austin.  This was the fourth and last required course in the Latin sequence at UT and focused on Vergil’sAeneid. The course functioned both as a cap to a … Continue reading →

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