Tag: Office hours
Revamping Office Hours
Are your office hours dragging? Do they feel like a waste of time? Or maybe they're just lagging this semester? Take a look at...
The Office Challenge
Office hours can feel long, laborious, and lonely when no one shows up, especially in the beginning of a semester. One way I've found to increase my students' use of office hours is to challenge them to meet with me.
“Classroom Hacks” a Podcast for Educators
The goal of the “Classroom Hacks” podcast is twofold: we are trying to provide an avenue for perspective and advice on teaching and we try to incorporate a little bit of lightheartedness and humor to help remind each other that we can relate to our interconnected, educational plight.
Student Centered Office Hours
Those of us who teach Creative Writing usually have the luxury that our students actively choose to be in the class. When they come...
Opening up Office Hours
A common complaint of college instructors is how many of their students don’t come to office hours when they are struggling. As instructors, we...
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QCS Workshop Responses
Silence in the classroom can be awkward, especially when your students are tasked with discussing their peers’ work in a creative writing workshop. I’ve found...
Write Your Own Fairy-tale Handout
This handout is a creative writing exercise I use in my Speculative Literature class when we do a unit on fairy tales,...
Grammar as Meaning in ‘Dear John’ Letters
Students are often intimidated by grammar because they're led to believe it's a case of 'right' or 'wrong.' Some students get so caught up...