Nov 23, 2015
Each of us can easily apply the formula F = MA to student learning – think of an instructor, a student, and learning that happens. The electrical law E = IR (electromotive force = current times resistance) is just as easy to apply. However, both formulas assume...
Nov 17, 2015
This morning I was eating my snack at a table in the Writing and Reading Center when I overheard a conversation between two students. One student asked the other if she was at the WRC for her psychology paper or her sociology paper. When the other student responded...
Nov 16, 2015
Students with enthusiasm – awesome! Spring CIT 275 students developed a multi-player top-down shooter game and presented their project twice last April, to faculty and staff at the Friday Forum and to community business leaders at the CIT Advisory Committee....
Nov 15, 2015
Now that educational technology has advanced to the place where it threatens the traditional role of the teacher, I find myself pondering just what our role is as educators. I addressed this question in general in a prior post, but today I would like to discuss what I...
Nov 9, 2015
Those unfamiliar with NMC’s Writing and Reading Center, or the concept of writing centers, might conclude – with good reason – that the WRC is about writing and reading. And it is. My introductory spiel to classes always emphasizes that if it’s writing or...
