By Rich Russell Before seeing the new movie The Social Network this past weekend, I first read the article on co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in The New Yorker.…
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It's the Fall, and that is just about the only time I ever miss teaching college. I loved teaching, and every September I would tweak my materials…
By Rich Russell As an English teacher, no matter how many times you have taught a class, fussed and fretted with the lesson plans like a nervous…
There's some great content waiting for readers this week on AdjunctNation.com. If you are a site pass holder, no doubt you've checked out the E-Zine content already.…
By Rich Russell Honestly, I don't remember my teachers in high school or college (as an undergraduate) using rubrics, and so if they did, I certainly never…
By Rich Russell In Blackboard there is a Roster tool, where students (and the professor) can post pictures of themselves, and I encourage (but do not require)…
This first week of the semester in my online classes, students are required to post an introduction of themselves. Some students write lyric, Dickensian accounts of their…
By Rich Russell The season for reading is here, friends! I feel guilty about how little progress I've made on the stack of books nesting on my…
By Rich Russell As an adjunct professor, I don't always have the "privilege" of being able to choose my own textbook. If one is assigned for a…
By P.D. Lesko When I taught, there was always the inevitable end of the year scramble to see who would get summer teaching work. It was brutal.…
