Blogging Pedagogy

As this will be my final blog before leaving UT, I thought I'd interview myself just so I could say good-bye. I have thoroughly benefited from reading through each lesson plan, and from each interview response -- I hope that these interviews have proved helpful to all of you as well. I especially hope that any new AI out there struggling through their first semester in 306 finds comfort and helpful ideas through these blogs -- I chose the plans to highlight, and the questions to ask, with you in mind.

Layne's lesson plan focuses on helping students understand rhetorical appeals through use of political ads and charts. Assignment focused on the 2008 Elections, but could be easily adapted to current mayoral elections or any other political ad.

Q. How did your students respond to the assignment?

Dale's lesson plan uses Politicalcompass.org as a start point for classroom discussion. The classroom conversation helps students understand how political and social ideologies are created and expressed. Read on for Dale's comments. You can access the lesson plan here.

Q. How did your students respond to the assignment?