Diane K. Jakacki

Author: Diane Jakacki

  • Tarlton at RSA

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    Yesterday morning we ran three panels on digital teaching methods for early modern studies, sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. Great presentations by Michael Ullyot, Tom Lolis, Sarah Neville, Tara Lyons, Jason Boyd, David Stymeist, Patricia Fumerton, Eric Nebeker, and Christine McWebb. We generated some good discussion and I got to talk…

  • To’ings and Fro’ings

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    Successfully avoiding marking essays today by: 1) Writing frantically – REED article, ISE proposal, RSA presentation. 2) Applying a new theme to the blog (tired of the dark brown background). 3) Adding a new tagline: “Study as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.” Ascribed to St. Edmund…

  • Teaching Tarlton: success!

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    For my fall ENGL1102 course in City Comedy I assigned students to produce a collaborative digital edition of Tarlton’s Jests. I was curious to see how these anecdotes would work for an undergraduate, non-English major audience. I also wanted to explore how strong a connection could be made between the Jests and a study of…

  • Course Blogs: Commenting Privately on a Student’s Post

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    Rebecca Burnett and I had a conversation about the nature of commenting on student blog posts. As instructors, should we have the option of making a private comment – viewable only to the student author, or should all comments be viewable to all students? There is an argument to be made for complete transparency in…

  • The semester at an end

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    I plowed through marking and submitted final grades yesterday. I should be overjoyed but have that strange feeling that I’m not doing something I should be … some sort of post-grading stress. Overall it was a good semester. Students were on the whole enthusiastic and responsive – which made it more gratifying. Considering I threw…