ENG101

Mobile Learning Takes Shape in ENG101

Aug 24th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: ENG101, Technology

I’m about one semester away from teaching a fully mobilized ENG101 course. What do I mean by a mobilize course and mobile learning? Mobile learning is learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies. Mobile gadgets are everywhere, and just about every student has a mobile phone [...]



Video Essay Option Available to Students

Jul 5th, 2009 | By Coop | Category: ENG101

For two semesters now, I’ve written into the plans an option for students to do a video essay for the argumentative essay instead of writing a traditional position paper. So far only two students have attempted a video, with mixed reviews. In the first case, the student did a good job with using the technology, [...]



New Player for ENG101 Podcast

Feb 16th, 2008 | By Coop | Category: ENG101, Technology

I’ve been experimenting with flash players for my weekly podcasts in my freshman composition courses. I this one from MyFlashFetish.com was pretty cool. I’ll paste the code into the course blog and see how students like it. I made this music player at MyFlashFetish.com.