Author Archives: Bill

6 recommendations for teaching with the flip video camera

by Bill Posted on June 10, 2009

In June 2008 I received a grant for 20 Flip Video Cameras (.pdf) to be used in one of the required courses in the Writing Arts undergraduate major at Rowan, “Writing, Research, and Technology.” The general goal of the course … Continue reading →

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using twitter in the graduate classroom

by Bill Posted on June 10, 2009

There has been much discussion lately about how Twitter is being used in the undergraduate classroom. Daisy Pignetti describes how she used Twitter in 3 sections (2 online, 1 in person) of English 102 at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  Monica … Continue reading →

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wordles of obama’s cairo speech

by Bill Posted on June 4, 2009

Reading the speech Obama gave this morning in Cairo was like reading all of complex, elusive, and often conflicting ideas that I have had for quite a while about the relationships among Christians, Muslims, and Jews. How refreshing to hear … Continue reading →

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