Author Archives: Zach Gilbert

In today’s tech-dominated society, almost every aspect of our lives has become digitized in one way or another, and the wide-reaching influence of electronic advancement has had a severely impactful effect on the profession of education as well. When teachers are tasked with educating students who have grown up immersed in technology since the dayContinue reading “Engagement: Creating Innovative and Intriguing Learning Experiences for Students”

Though many feel overwhelmed by the increasingly complex and varied presentations of mass media in the 21st century, it’s important to remember that mass media has been rapidly evolving since the 18th century, and each major change was met with similar resistance before individuals truly came around to embrace and understand the new capabilities ofContinue reading “New Literacies, Multiliteracies, and Multimodality: Pushing Ourselves and Our Students to Interpret and Present Information in Multiple Dimensions”

Ever since the Internet experienced a substantial burst in development and popularity in the mid-90s, our relationships with technology and social networks have drastically evolved, and the profession of education additionally took on a whole new identity.  While the Internet started as a somewhat niche property, it soon transformed into a massive force to beContinue reading “Professional Development, Social Media, and Course Management: Integrating Technology in the Classroom and Capitalizing on its Benefits”

Plagiarism is a complex, multifaceted problem that continues to plague students of all ages as they routinely engage in this behavior from class to class either intentionally or unintentionally. As a teacher, it can be maddening and upsetting to be constantly confronted with this issue and forced to report students for this unacceptable behavior. InContinue reading “Ethics, Plagiarism, and Pedagogy: The Methods to Consider When Educating Students on Both How and Why to Avoid Falsified Work”

Hello there! Welcome to my personal education blog for the Fall 2019 semester of Teaching and Learning in Digital Environments at the University of Nebraska Omaha! Throughout the course, I will be using this blog to post my thoughts on various topics and articles we are assigned to discuss, and I look forward to engagingContinue reading “Welcome!”