The last couple of weeks have seemed like the capstone project for my master’s degree in pandemic pedagogy. (You know, that master’s degree program that we all enrolled in together about eight months ago this Friday?) For nine instructional days, I was on quarantine while my students were (mostly) in class — so I taught kids […]
Archives for November 2020
Things That Help: Lisa Van Gemert’s Content Capsules Method for Creating Joyful, Knowledge-Rich Learning Spaces, Remotely or In-Person
Note from Dave: This summer, our colleague Lisa Van Gemert reached out to me to tell me about a new book she had written. I’ve always appreciated Lisa’s work, and I was particularly eager to share it in this case because it’s 100% in line with what I believe to be the best avenue for […]
Things That Help: Emails as Letters
This is weird to say: I’m enjoying email these days. Part of that is because I’m spending less time on it than I have in years — that feels really good given that I have a higher volume of it than I’ve ever had. But part of it is because, thanks to this neat book, […]