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Frequent Bok Blog contributor and PhD candidate in Music Matthew Mugmon recently pointed me to a new technology, meant to facilitate classroom discussion. GoSoapBox is a customizable response tool that teachers can use to solicit real-time information from students – who no longer have to raise their hands. The idea is that students will feel less self-conscious … Continue reading »

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Around the Web: Listen Up

Henning Mankell’s opinion piece in The New York Times reflects on something Africa has to teach the rest of the world: the art of listening. Listening well means shedding preconceptions about what you expect the answer to be. This is the opposite of the kind of conversation that a multiple-choice test encourages. The Times recently … Continue reading »