https://johnstewart.me/tags/disposable-assignments/Recent content in Disposable Assignments on John StewartHugoen-usThu, 07 Nov 2019 15:00:56 -0600https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/if-you-cant-write-a-letter-of-rec-for-every-student-change-the-way-you-teach/Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:27:14 +0000https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/if-you-cant-write-a-letter-of-rec-for-every-student-change-the-way-you-teach/TLDR: Replace your course rubric with a letter of recommendation. It’s time that we take responsibility for knowing our students. If you can’t write a letter of recommendation for your…https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/game-design-as-project-based-learning/Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:29:50 -0600https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/game-design-as-project-based-learning/2016 still sounds more like a made up year in the distant future than that time “a couple of years ago.” Nonetheless, a couple of years ago, Scott Wurdingerhttps://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/digital-note-taking-in-the-history-classroom/Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:20:05 +0000https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/digital-note-taking-in-the-history-classroom/One of the projects I’ve been most excited about this semester revolves around an effort to teach history students how to take notes using an online database. The central point of my own digi…https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/persistent-student-writing/Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:17:14 -0500https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/persistent-student-writing/I have written before about my dislike for disposable writing assignments in college courses. Like math homework, they serve a purpose in having studentshttps://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/wikipedia-articles/Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:08:18 +0000https://johnstewart.me/it-edtech/wikipedia-articles/The history research paper is often treated as busy work by students and seen with the same contempt as an algebra homework set or lab write-up. While all of these assessments have pedagogical util…