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This is my second post for a series in which I develop and appraise English language learning activities using the web-based program H5P. For other posts in the series, please click on the tag H5P. Today I had some time during my office hour -- a couple of students were completing make-up writing assessments --… Continue reading Creating Drag-the-Word Activities with H5P
This post will be first in a series in which I develop and appraise English language learning activities using the web-based program H5P. This past week, I attended a workshop entitled “Creating Interactive Online Teaching Resources Using H5P” organized by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Qatar University (QU). The presenter, Mr.… Continue reading Using H5P Multiple Hotspots to Create Interactive Vocabulary Tables
The following are my notes from the sessions I attended at the Liberal Arts International Conference 2019: “Liberal Arts in the Global Age: Changing Winds and Shifting Sands” hosted by Texas A&M University Qatar (TAMUQ). (Photos of TAMUQ are from the KEO website.) Day 1 – Saturday, March 23 7:50am I arrived at Education City and… Continue reading Notes from the Liberal Arts International Conference 2019
I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when people tell me to act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am - I really do - but people never notice it. People never notice anything. ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye There will be times in your… Continue reading 11 Things to Do When You Feel an Assignment Is Beneath You
The other day at work, I attended a professional development session, which I thought was going to give me explicit instruction in how to design items for my appraisal action plan. Instead, participants at the session were asked to consider the things that brought meaning to their life and to create a vision for the… Continue reading 10 of My Core Values
This week I've been busy teaching and grading; however, I have also been approached and contacted by various people to present on something for the department. Wanting to be a good professional, I have been considering what I might offer my very accomplished cadre of colleagues. Then the idea of 10-minute activities occurred to me.… Continue reading 10 Student Activities for the First 10 Minutes of Class
Apologies for the late blog post. I was busy last week administering midterm assessments and then grading all of them in order to enter marks before the beginning of the spring break and the last day to withdraw from a course. As I was thinking about what to write for this week, the lesson materials… Continue reading Classroom Discussions with My Students
When I was a child, my younger brother Francis and I spent a lot of time drawing. I am not being hyperbolic about the amount of time we spent drawing: we spent a lot of time drawing! I remember how paper used to excite us. We would draw on yellow or white lined paper in… Continue reading Days of Creativity Past: On My Creative Evolution
Image source Since coming to Qatar, I have had to re-conceptualize time—not in a grand theoretical physics manner, but in a cultural and conventional sense. Muslims gather for a Friday prayer and do not observe a day of rest, or Sabbath, on Saturday or Sunday, like Jews or Christians, so the work week here begins… Continue reading The Implications of Dates and Time
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