How my wife can wrap Christmas presents that look so nice with the fancy bows and everything is beyond me.  But that is a different wrapping subject.

The 4x4x16 Instructor Writing project is a wrap!

We had a group of eight instructors participate and create 30 different pieces of writing on teaching and learning during the four weeks of the project.  Please take a moment to read a few and be sure to comment at the bottom of the posts.  As part of the wrap up of the project, several instructors created one final reflection post after the project was complete.

The project also allowed us to hear from colleagues from a wide range of disciplines.  It served as a reassuring reminder that faculty members, full-time and adjunct, share some of the same problems and concerns.   The project is an equal opportunity event; all faculty members can submit a blog.  More …

– Dorothy Eisenstein, NMC Instructor, Adjunct

In addition to covering topics from test anxiety to the Jigsaw approach, instructors have had the opportunity to share their posts with their NMC colleagues as well as others from Yavapai College in Arizona.  Our 4x4x16 project has also received mention in both a presentation at the Global Education Conference and an article in the League for Innovation newsletter.  Todd Conaway at Yavapai College was the originator of the idea for the writing project, and we have plans to have another writing project again next year.  Hopefully a little bit bigger and a little bit better than the first go around.

Enjoy Christmas Vacation.  It’s almost here.