I could only hope that my students got half as much out of our semester together as I did as a result of participating in “Mapping the Futures of Higher […]
Author Archive | Ryan Donovan
Two Great Resources
Hi all, Here are two resources I have been meaning to share: KQED’s MindShift blog. This is a wonderful resource from the Bay Area’s public radio station, and though many of the […]
The Power of Play
In last week’s session on “Embodiment and the Classroom,” I briefly spoke about the lifelong importance of play after we had done two exercises that incorporated elements of play. Play […]
Hunter College Intro to Theatre Map: Theatre Across New York City
Students in Hunter College’s Intro to Theatre course were assigned to see a performance of their choice and write a reflection on their experience. This map (still in progress) links […]
“Earth is Forgiveness School”–Anne Lamott
Our class sessions on Professors & Persistence got me thinking about the role of forgiveness in the classroom, particularly inspired by writer Anne Lamott‘s essay on “shitty first drafts.” In […]
Education in the Age of Adjunctification
Yesterday’s class session with John Mogalescu, Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs at CUNY, was really wonderful, inspiring, and a bit troubling, but I’ll get to that in a minute. […]
What we (don’t) talk about when we talk about adjuncting
I came across this wonderful post from The New Yorker about the adjunct problem and thought it could spark a good conversation. Have you come out to your students as […]
Reflections on Student-Centered Learning and Experiences
As we’ve been focusing on student-centered learning the past few weeks, it has been inspiring to see how creative all of my fellow co-learners/teachers are. Each week I leave our “Mapping the […]
Preparation and Self-Assessment
As we worked on our assessment units in class, I began to think about how assessment follows us from birth to death. For many of us, the first words we’ll hear […]
