I tried something new in my 100-level classes. First, the 4 problems I was trying to solve: 1. Students do not always know that they need to take notes in class. Even if they do, they don't know how to do so effectively. 2. We get to midterms and they don't have notes to study 🧵
3. They have trouble navigating a new LMS. 4. They struggle with the pace and time management if jumping into a college class.
May 10, 2022 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
In my course on The Holocaust, I gave my students the choice between a final project and a final exam. I feel weird about testing them on genocide. 11 chose the final project, 9 chose the exam. Here is the breakdown of what my brilliant students did: #pedagogy#unessay
One student composed + scored own musical piece to try to capture the emotion of arriving at Auschwitz. "Lyrics" were a Hebrew translation of Ps 1 which victims might say (The Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.) 1/2
