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Gamifying The Writing Process With Habitica

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Man writing with a pen on paper on a table.
One of the (many) side-projects that John and I have been working on is gamifying the writing process. In particular, we’re interested in gamification that seeks to reinforce and build good habits that yield efficient writing, research, and revision. This semester, the Writing Center on our campus engaged us in brainstorming the logistics, pedagogical implications, etc. … Continue reading Gamifying The Writing Process With Habitica

From Faraday to Facebook: The Life and Influences of a Faithful Scientist

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I wrote this paper during my undergraduate spring 2012 semester. It was of my favorite projects during my early academic career. Although I am republishing this work (with a creative commons license), I have not altered the original essay besides formatting. (Fun fact: this paper was written entirely on my iPad 2 at the time.) … Continue reading From Faraday to Facebook: The Life and Influences of a Faithful Scientist

Technology Enabled Learning – GTA Seminar

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Tuesday, I had the opportunity to lead a seminar at the Graduate Teaching Academy (GTA), which is a program hosted by CTE that “seeks to promote and maintain a standard of teaching excellence amongst graduate students at the University of Oklahoma.” This seminar started with everyone brainstorming their favorite classroom activities as Paper Tweets. Together, we generated a … Continue reading Technology Enabled Learning – GTA Seminar

Technology Enabled Learning – GTA Seminar

Posted on by Keegan
Tuesday, I had the opportunity to lead a seminar at the Graduate Teaching Academy (GTA), which is a program hosted by CTE that “seeks to promote and maintain a standard of teaching excellence amongst graduate students at the University of Oklahoma.” This seminar started with everyone brainstorming their favorite classroom activities as Paper Tweets. Together, we generated a … Continue reading Technology Enabled Learning – GTA Seminar

Paper Tweet Activity

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Recently I led an educational technology workshop at Youth Workers Academy, and one of the technologies I covered in this training was social media. To engage participants with Twitter, I had everyone research what the Bible says about poverty and paraphrase their findings into 140 characters—with the intention these contributions could be tweeted to the world. However, I … Continue reading Paper Tweet Activity