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Dr. Julie Lieber, a professor of History and Jewish studies, is a self-declared technophobe. That is why she was shocked to receive recognition from ASSETT for excellence in teaching with technology. Lieber recognized that while technology was outside her comfort zone, it made up a large part of how her...

Photo by Micah Sittig 鈥淭he central finding of physics education research over the past twenty years is something that kindergarten teachers have known forever,鈥� says Dr. Mike Dubson as rain taps against the windows of his office on the tenth floor of the Gamow Physics Tower. 鈥淚t鈥檚 that students don鈥檛...

Have you ever heard a friend say that it鈥檚 impossible to find a job on campus? That all the good jobs are taken and your only choice is to work at the Taco Bell in Westminster? That WWII was started by aliens? Well, your friend is wrong about a lot...

There are some key differences between a human heart and an artichoke heart. Literature PhD candidate Kirstyn Leuner wants to be clear about that. However, word frequency analysis tools may enhance learning when combined with contextual reading. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a really good sign, as a teacher, when you鈥檙e excited about reading...

Dr. E. Scott Adler of the Political Science Department does not consider his use of technology to be particularly innovative. He says it鈥檚 not much different than how other professors use technology in their classrooms. What is different about it, though, is how Adler thinks about technology鈥檚 interaction with learning...

I would like to explore the use of technology, and particularly social media, in helping my students to play (in the 鈥渄eep play sense鈥�) in my class this semester. I'm teaching an upper-division class, our senior capstone seminar, to ten undergraduates, on narrative. It seems to me that the primary...

I was going to start writing this article, but I browsed reddit for 25 minutes instead. With finals approaching, it seems harder than ever to get motivated to actually do stuff. It's so much easier to just to mess around on facebook and play Cut the Rope. Procrastination is just...

A student in the back of the lecture hall leans forward in her seat. A shy freshman raises his hand for the first time. Heads nod. Eyes brighten. The pace of note taking quickens. As a teacher, these small indications that students are engaged can be exhilarating, and no one...

Recently, ASSETT recognized teachers that displayed excellence in Teaching with Technology. Students were given the opportunity to nominate teachers whom they believe integrate and use technology in creative ways to enhance the classroom. Krystal McMillen of the English department said that when she was informed she had received the award,...

I would like to teach my visual art students how to use digital storytelling in order to 1) learn how to use narrative as a form of persuasion 2) how language is not 鈥渇ixed鈥� but always interacting with other media鈥攕ound and visuals 3) to have them discover a more powerful...