On the Teaching Track
Insights on teaching, learning, & faculty development
Digital Creativity Is Not Optional
This post explores why digital creativity should be treated as both a fundamental literacy and a human right in general education and beyond.
Why I Teach Book Cover Design (& How You Can Too with My Free Resource)
This week, I am wrapping up teaching an eight-week, online version of my “Putting the Lit in Literacies” Intro to Fiction course here at IU Bloomington. To celebrate the occasion, I want to share an updated look at one of my favorite summative assessments.
New Publication: Rethinking the Teaching Philosophy Statement with BYTE
Let’s flip the teaching philosophy script to reimagine this important career document as a creative platform for self-efficacy and intentional storytelling.
All About Multimodal Literacy: an Empower Your Learning Module
This spring, I was a finalist for the FACET Innovate Award in the Creative Uses of Online Tools category for one of the first installments in my Empower Your Learning module series.
Empowering Faculty with Creative Technologies: Spring 2025 Faculty Development Programming
In March and April 2025, I had the privilege of leading faculty development events with the IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology and the Digital Gardeners Faculty Fellows Program.
New Podcast Interview: On Mary Blair with Eric Molinsky of Imaginary Worlds
On talking Mary Blair with Eric Molinsky, host of Imaginary Worlds
- creative technologies
- Canva
- creativity
- Branding Your Teaching Excellence
- walking the walk
- career management
- philosophy statement
- discussion
- active learning
- back-to-school
- Canvas
- OER
- career documents
- course design
- lms
- BYTE
- week in the life
- lesson planning
- Adobe Express
- NTT
- woman artist
- poetry
- Women & Film
- digital portfolios
- creative women
- education
- evidence
- Interview
- assessment
- creative confidence
- reflection
- multimodality
- honors curriculum
- workshops
- collaboration
- data
- accessibility
- Elizabeth Taylor
- future faculty
- Hypothesis
- National Day on Writing
- Kate Chopin
- Notion
- social annotation
- data-driven instruction
- Publication
- close reading
- teaching award
- literacy
- Mary Blair
- learning outcomes
- exit ticket
- NCTE
- Trello
- reading roundup
- Marilyn Monroe
- remediation
- work in progress
- SoTL
- icebreaker
- composition
- podcast
- design
- authentic assessment
- scholarly teaching
- Radio
- multimodal literacy
- women & tech
- cv
- course descriptions
- service