End of Spring 2021

 

Congratulations and Thank You!

We made it through a full academic year of remote teaching. Amazing! If you aren't sure about what to do with your free time this summer, I've compiled some resources below. 

~ Enjoy, Denise

Links and Things

• I find this very helpful as we finish out another academic year, End-of-the-Year Housekeeping: Reflect and Organize

• An important read with concrete tips from Inside Higher Ed: 10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms

• What College Students Wish Professors Knew About Inclusive Online Teaching, "Since students will be mostly reliant on personal devices, carefully consider the addition of new platforms and tools. In addition to carrying a technological load, every new tool also carries a cognitive load.”

• (Re) Exploring Flipgrid - Underutilized Features, A TESOL Blog Post by Brent Warner

• "An Opportunity for New Beginnings," video interview with Dr. Chris Emdin, "But in the midst of the dysfunction has been magic—because young folks have learned to be innovative and creative… and because they don’t have to go to a school where the teachers don’t care about them and the system doesn’t love them. The pandemic has been rough, yes, but I choose to look at it as an opportunity for a radical new beginning."

Two Books for Summer Reading:

• Ungrading, by Susan Blum, "In most college classes, a mistake is punished by a lower grade, which is then averaged into the other grades, even if the student completely masters it after that initial try. Yet mistakes are information and contribute to learning."

• Listen to Susan Blum discuss ungrading on the Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast

• Grading for Equity, by Joe Feldman. Click to Download Chapter 1

• Listen to Joe Feldman discuss grading for equity in the Harvard EdCast

• Skim, Dive, Survace: Teaching Digital Reading (I couldn't help but link a third book)

• Listen to Jenea Cohn talk about Skim, Dive, Surface on the Leading Lines Podcast

Planning for Fall 2021

• What my students said about returning to campus.

• Some of these were new to me! Tips and Zoom Settings to Ensure a Smooth Delivery

• Sample Liquid Syllabus from Michelle Pacansky-Brock, scroll down for her Late Work information, and check out the video, "How is a due date like a bullseye?"

• 6 Tech Tools to Try in 2021

• Easily make videos online with Moovly