Tag Archives: Arts

Did You Know? A Simple Trick to Save Time and Improve Your Course Evaluations!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Ted Curran

  As faculty, you likely spend several hours every week carefully reading, evaluating, and grading student work. Research shows that students report higher course satisfaction when they get better grades and when faculty exhibit “immediacy and presence behaviors”. This finding … Continue reading →

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"Idea Catching": Tools to Unite your "Inspiration" Mind and your "Perspiration" Mind

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by Tiago Daniel via Flickr “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!“ -Thomas Alva Edison “I discovered the meaning of life but I forgot to write it down.“ -Hugh Gallagher You know those times when you are struck with … Continue reading →

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Google improves everything– how 'bout your spelling?

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Ted Curran

Image by macwagen via Flickr GSpell is a great little add-on for the Mac OS that basically uses the power of Google as a spell-checker for all your desktop applications. It works in Word, Firefox, email…. everything on your computer. … Continue reading →

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Searchable Etexts Help Kids Search and Attribute Quotes

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia In my literature classes, I found that one of the biggest challenges for students when they sit down to write a paper is finding good quotes from the text. A great solution is to put the full … Continue reading →

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