Author Archives: katy

This week I came down with a bit of a bug, so decided not to spread my germs but to stay home.  With the internet, I simply asked my students to complete a series of online exercises on our Moodle more »

I’m excited about a new technology I’ve found for conducting asynchronous conversations that does not rely solely on typing.  It is called Voicethread. Voicethread is a fantastic platform that allows multiple people to comment on a “page” together.  Here’s how more »

I am using Facebook in my classrooms this semester. It is awesome. This is why in three short reasons. a) When a student asks a question and posts it on our Facebook page, I answer it for all the students.  more »

This semester I am teaching an online masters level course for the Pacific School of Religion entitled “Gender, Sexuality and the Bible”.  The course is held mostly on Moodle, with forays into other social networking sites and searches on the more »

Yes, a new electronic way to keep attendance!!  Attendance is so important for undergraduate students—it helps track their performance with their attendance, plus is preparatory for the professional world where it matters (a lot) whether you show up and if more »

I am a beginner meditator.  If you know me, then you’re reading this thinking, “there’s no way that Katy meditates….on purpose….of her own free will…”  This is exactly why I need to meditate!  What is meditation?  Rather than give a more »

Many of you have been interested in the “polls” I began using in the classroom earlier this week, which uses students’ everyday technology and transforms it into teaching tools.  Yesterday in class, I utilized some more polls powered by Poll more »

Last week I attended the national SBL/AAR meeting in San Francisco, and went to two excellent sessions on pedagogy in undergraduate education.  One particularly great paper by my colleague and friend, Dr. Erica Martin, was about the use of technology more »