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Hoot! was launched in March 2016 to supplement the Excelsior OWL by providing a hub for educators to share ideas, learn from each other, and dialog. With Hoot, educators can: Explore topics related to the teaching...
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The Professor’s Perch: Quit Facebook and Start Writing Again with Prewriting Strategies
By Dr. Francesco Crocco The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. If you’re like me,...
The Professor’s Perch: Don’t Be Fooled by Logical Fallacies
By Dr. Francesco Crocco The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. Have you ever read...
Using Concept Maps when Previewing before Reading
By Dr. David C. Caverly This piece is republished from Dr. David C. Caverly’s Website with the author’s permission. An important lesson I have learned over 40 years of teaching strategic reading to college...
The Professor’s Perch: Summer’s Here and It’s Time for a Writing Refresher
By Dr. Francesco Crocco The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. Summer is here and...
The Professor’s Perch: Sorry Bookstores, It’s Time to Start Annotating
The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. Many OWL users are unfamiliar with the fact...
The Professor’s Perch: Hungry for a MEAL Plan?
The Professor’s Perch is a weekly column offering teaching tips for how to use the Excelsior OWL to help students improve their reading and writing skills. Every semester, invariably I come across students who...
Excelsior OWL Educator Resources Gets a Major Update!
While the Excelsior OWL is better known for its award-winning open-access writing and reading resources for students, the OWL also offers an extensive library of resources for the many educators who patron the OWL...
