I am tempted to apologize for my blogging absence but I trust that anyone reading this will understand when I say that it has simply been "one of those semesters." As I said to someone recently: so far, I'm managing to stay on top of things but just barely so I feel like if I stop for a second, I'll fall behind. But I just got a couple projects off my plate so I'm feeling good and at least wanted to let everyone know what's been going on here. One of the things that made the start of the semester busier than usual is that I am part of not one but TWO IT pilot projects. One is for PollEverywhere , which I've mentioned before ; the other is for SWoRD , which stands for Scaffolded Writing and Reviewing in the Disciplines. I'm using PollEverywhere in my data analysis course, in place of clickers, while SWoRD is a peer reviewing system that I'm using with my writing course for econ majors. I'll be writing more about my experience with each of them...
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