Teaching Carnival #20

With the ides of February comes lots of snow and Teaching Carnival #20.

Many are celebrating the snow.

Others are celebrating Happy Woman Professor Day, as declared by Blogos, including First Efforts, Anne, Annika at Crunchy Granola, m2h blogging, Peter’s Cross Station, VTmtngrrl at The Most Cake, and See Jane Compute.

We’re Very Very Busy and We Have a Lot To Do

Clancy at CultureCat is in the weeds with multiple new preps. Doug at Meditations of a Jiuyitzu Apprentice finds himself in a similar situation. Dennis at Jerz’s Literacy Weblog is too busy for recreational blogging. Profgrrrrl at Playing School, Irreverently feels overcommitted, not to mention marginalized. Planned Obsolescence finds her schedule too full of meetings.

What is a Professor?

Center of Gravitas identifies 8 types of professors. A letter in the local paper about how easy it is to be a teachers doesn’t sit well at I Know What I Know.

Challenges

Tenured Radical finds students challenged when they must deal with paper. Angry Professor at A Gentleman’s C struggles to deal with a challenging student, while Chris at Wind Farm is surprised that a certain challenging student is a fan. Reassigned Time notices that younger female faculty face unique challenges. Blogenspiel has noticed, too. I Know What I Know has a new way to respond to the challenge of plagiarism.

Is Anyone Listening?

Dr. Virago at Quod She declines to hold an online class meeting on a snow day, unsure if students would get the message. She goes on to ponder the digital divide on her campus. Dr. Virago also finds that students are listening when they take textual evidence to the extreme. The Little Professor finds scansion challenging when editors fail to proofread textbooks.

Helping Students (and Sometimes Wondering if We’re Hindering?)

Jill/txt points her students toward lifehacks for students. ProfessingMama wonders how far she should go in helping students with disabilities. Horace at To Delight and to Instruct sweats over what he might he have to do to help a student. PowerPoint use and abuse is discussed at Ancarett’s Abode and 11D.

Tired and Energized

Profgrrrrl at Playing School, Irreverently finds some tasks a tad tedious and perhaps pointless. Aerobil at Lyings and Tirades and Fears, Oh My! is excited about the alleged book again and inspired to shorten her teaching philosophy. Timothy at Easily Distracted is tired of the debate over students using wikipedia. Xoom is tired of student pissing and is taking it personally, and a student’s bladder may be bigger than previously thought.

In the Classroom, More or Less

Anne at purse lip square jaw wants students to see the funny side of science and technology. Revisionspiral finds a course going better than expected. Schenectady Synecdoche copes with two sections of the same class. Jo(e) teaches poetry to non-English majors. Clancy at CultureCat’s students consider research ethics. Terminal Degree's students act out sonata-allegro form.

Student Writing

Amy at midgebop has her students carnivaling. Dr. Free-Ride at Adventures in Ethics and Science wonders where scientists learn to write and notices some important factors. Metaspencer experiments with limitation and creativity in a writing class. Battle of the ants asks compositionists for help dealing with incoherent student writing. Between an oxymoron and a redundancy’s students write her bizarre emails. Mommy Ph.D.’s students do not write their papers on paper. Steven. D. Krause takes issue with Shari Wilson’s Inside Higher Ed article on portfolios.

Juggling

see jane in the academy finds spring more challenging than fall semester, but finds that breaking things into manageable chunks helps. Schenectady Synecdoche vows to put writing and teaching first. Academic Coach offers advice on juggling multiple projects.

Keeping Score

The most cake switches to a new gradebook program. Burnt Out Adjunct considers faculty accountability. Horace at To Delight and to Instruct wonders about grade distribution. Confessions of a Community College Dean ponders repeated courses—how many repeats are allowed? Which grade is recorded? Which grade is calculated in the GPA?

Pondering

Earth Wide Moth articulates databasic writing. Mommy, Ph.D.’s students consider how identity and community are mediated by electronic communication. Horace at To Delight and to Instruct ponders a reading list for a course in Commonwealth literature. Marcia at m2h blogging wonders how "rhetorical focus" translates to "handbook" for a colleague. Timothy at Easily Distracted weighs in on teacher movies.



And I am pondering this interesting juxtaposition on my campus:





I apologize for all the posts on teaching I’m sure I missed. Remember, the best way to make sure your teaching post is included in a carnival is to tag early and often. Tune in for Teaching Carnival #21 on March 1 at The Salt-Box.

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