Spring Cleaning: Lecture Capture and Ensemble

Spring Cleaning: Lecture Capture and Ensemble

A word about spring cleaning: It’s that time of the year when fall semester is winding down and preparations are being made for spring. Please take time to consider a bit of spring cleaning in your Ensemble Video account. If you will not be reusing your lecture...
Celebrating the Season with EMT

Celebrating the Season with EMT

A song from us to you (we saved you from actually hearing us sing): On the first day of Christmas EMT brought to me Alan popping popcorn. On the second day of Christmas EMT brought to me two digital cameras. On the third day of Christmas EMT brought to me three Moodle...
Introducing Moodle Feedback

Introducing Moodle Feedback

Did you know that you could collect feedback from your students using the feedback tool in Moodle? What is it? The feedback activity module allows you to create custom surveys to collect feedback from your students. You can use multiple choice answers, numeric...
Our Fires Still Burn and Other Stories

Our Fires Still Burn and Other Stories

The largest minority at NMC is Native Americans, and yet we have many misconceptions based on movies, television, and other portrayals.  Most of us can easily separate  fictional qualities of famous females such June Cleaver, Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sofia...
Have You Thanked Your Shop Teacher Lately?

Have You Thanked Your Shop Teacher Lately?

I’m embarrassed to say I never did, not that I recall.  Yet, I believe he taught me as much about general education outcomes as many traditional academic classes.  Terry O’Banion’s keynote speech this summer at a League of Innovation conference I...