https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit For the virtual literature and media studies classroom. Compiled by Aqdas Aftab, Chip Crane, Karen Nelson, Jason Rudy, and Justin Thompson en-us 2020-07-21 20:57:30 UTC 2026-01-16 21:12:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/653412153/b6a132fe9da80cb4c0c7f77279c2fc9a/UMD_secondary_globe_no_text.gif umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659542378 Lessons learned, from Sonja Drimmer via Twitter (from the link, click on "Show this Thread")]]> 2020-07-21 21:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659542378 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659542775 Jason Rudy offers a minute-by-minute overview of how he organizes his 400-level Zoom discussions. ]]> 2020-07-21 21:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659542775 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545053 Jason Rudy uses this easy way to keep students on track for assignments, class meetings, readings, and more. ]]> 2020-07-21 21:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545053 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545334 Sara Faradji increases student engagement with lectures via prompts and the WebEx text chat. ]]> 2020-07-21 21:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545334 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545538 Jason Rudy uses Breakout Rooms in Zoom, along with guided questions, to facilitate in-class discussion.]]> 2020-07-21 21:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545538 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545859 Scott Wible uses a "think, pair, share" exercise during a Zoom session to help students think critically and engage with each other.]]> 2020-07-21 21:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659545859 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659546157 Jason Rudy enlivens class discussion with advance Google Docs work. Google Docs can also be embedded in Canvas (click here to find out how).]]> 2020-07-21 21:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659546157 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659547223 Aqdas Aftab recommends collaborative note-taking on google docs. The strategy encourages collaboration, peer accountability, and peer-to-peer learning.]]> 2020-07-21 21:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659547223 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548027 Karen Nelson uses surveys to help students see a range of responses or gather information across a text or set of texts.]]> 2020-07-21 21:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548027 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548466 Padlet, Miro, Whiteboards in Zoom--all can help students work together to share & organize content and analysis (Karen Nelson)]]> 2020-07-21 21:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548466 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548710 Google Sites make great portfolios across media, projects, and semesters (Karen Nelson)]]> 2020-07-21 21:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659548710 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659550779 Students assess materials, analyze separate components, and create an overview or a series of live tweets. (Karen Nelson)]]> 2020-07-21 21:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659550779 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551054 Sara Faradji and Andrew Delfino uses Google Docs to facilitate peer-reviewing. Google Docs give students more flexibility than the built-in Canvas peer-review function. ]]> 2020-07-21 21:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551054 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551348 Sara Faradji uses this method for asynchronous teaching: a prerecorded lecture followed by Q&A on a Google Doc.]]> 2020-07-21 21:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551348 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551714 Brings some fun and fresh perspective to a literature course and works for online submission. Chip Crane provides a brief description and sample prompt.]]> 2020-07-21 21:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659551714 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659564279 Justin Thompson uses this online tool to analyze digital texts.]]> 2020-07-21 21:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/659564279 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/660347904 Aqdas Aftab offers tips on using facebook groups for asynchronous class discussions. Class discussions on facebook groups help build community and improve writing skills. ]]> 2020-07-22 18:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/660347904 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/661334997 Ruth Anne Phillips finds weekly reflections invaluable and constructs modules to help her students to organize each week's work ]]> 2020-07-23 21:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/661334997 umdenglish2020 https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/668261870 Theresa Coletti shared from her experience teaching online last spring, touching on writing assignments, posting video, and engaging students.]]> 2020-08-03 17:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/umdenglish2020/teaching_lit/wish/668261870