by Jenae Cohn | Feb 20, 2013 | Personal
Every six months, I go through this cycle where I wonder if I’m a sham. I’ve identified myself as a “writer” for most of my (young) adult life, but I frequently find myself in a self-loathing moment where I wonder, “If I don’t...
by Jenae Cohn | Oct 6, 2012 | Pedagogy, Personal
She had the “OK, I get it” gaze. One of my students – I’ll call her “Abby” – sat in the back of the classroom and she just had that look: the set jaw, the arms crossed, the eyes just a little glazed. She got it. She got this...
by Jenae Cohn | Oct 1, 2012 | Pedagogy
I glanced at the clock: 7:50 A.M. Everyone’s here? Now? I teach UWP 1, freshman composition, in a computer lab this quarter and behind every monitor sat a student waiting to begin class. They were all ten minutes early at the already inhumane (at least by...
by Jenae Cohn | Sep 11, 2012 | Personal, Uncategorized
In elementary school, I used to create binders for each class I took. I slipped hand-drawn covers into the plastic pockets at the front of each: “MATH!!” swirled in purple glitter or “HISTORY!!” emblazoned with heart stickers and rainbows. The...
by Jenae Cohn | Jul 21, 2012 | Digital Literacy, Personal
I am an emoticon abuser. Whenever the situation is appropriate for a smiley face, you bet that I’ll go ahead and include one. This is not something of which I am particularly proud. Granted, the New York Times has justified the existence of our smiling keyboard...
