Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Across the river and over the pond

Chantal Bruvels pitched a tent and settled in for the summer in a field to participate on an archaeological dig of Thornton Abbey Gatehouse, a tenth century medieval monastic enclosure in England. With sheep for companions, Chantal Bruvels pitched a tent and settled in for the summer in a field close to Hull.  She... More

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Digging Israel

Zack Batist, fourth year Directed Interdisciplinary Studies student spent his summer digging up Israel’s 3000 year old city of Tel Dor - one of the world’s most unique excavation sites. Canaanites, Sea Peoples, Israelites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Romans are all documented as former inhabitants of Israel’s 3000 year old... More

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Equipment Use In Electronic Classrooms

Effective January 2nd, Classroom Technology Support will be changing the means by which faculty and students access electronic equipment in classrooms on evenings and weekends.  A separate Passcode to login to the touch panels to use the video and audio playback systems will be required each night, between the hours of 11pm and 6am. ... More

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Academic Publishing and Writing Advice from the Thesis Whisperer Blog

I came across a great blog for Teaching Assistants or instructors who are writing Ph.D or Masters theses or for anyone who simply needs inspiration for ongoing academic publishing.  Dr Inger Mewburn‘s The Thesis Whisperer blog provides a ton of tips and great strategies for working in academia.  While there are too many great highlights... More

Thursday, February 24, 2011

A Great IDea: Going Online Using Our Instructional Design Resources

With the recent launch of CUOL, there has been some buzz around campus about what this means for academic course design possibilities. The introduction of online course development provides solutions for instructor, teaching assistant, and room allocation resourcing issues in addition to providing added flexibly and accessibility to the learning... More

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The shy ones

by: Thomas Larder, former Film Studies TA As a teaching assistant involved in leading discussion groups, it is inevitable that you will come across some students who are readily and eager to participate, while others will be shy and avoid any chance to engage in discussion.  It is sometimes easier to allow the more... More

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Dialogue in the margins

By: Laura Weir, MA Public History A large number of teaching assistant-ships on campus are based almost entirely on marking.  While it may seem that you’ve lucked out on a lighter workload, you in fact face a more challenging form of teaching. Relying on assumptions that students will take interest in every grammatical correction... More

Thursday, August 5, 2010

When you say math, we say “chalk talk!”

by: Rob Nettleton Three researchers at Carleton are making headlines with their new research project that delves into the language of “chalk talk,” a study of learning complex math problems in University. Led by Ottawa resident Natasha Artmeva, Carleton University professor Janna Fox and alumna Lin Chen, together they discovered that “the... More

Monday, June 14, 2010

The Full(er) Plate

Matthew Murdoch,  former teaching assistant, Department of Psychology My first year as a TA began with a great deal of stress. After taking time off following my undergrad degree, I enrolled in a new university, moved across the country, and arrived the day before my first day of official duties. To add to this,... More

Monday, May 17, 2010

Humour in the classroom … can it work?

Alyssa Taylor, former Psychology teaching assistant What do you get when you cross a teacher with an elephant? ~ A teacher you can never forget. When it comes to maintaining a sense of control and focus in the classroom, it has always come down to the long-standing rivalry between the teachers and the infamous... More

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