Join us as we talk with Rochelle Hammontree as she reflects her 35 year career at NMC.
NMC Frequency: Season 2, Episode 10: Rochelle Hammontree
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Picture This…
Let's face it: not everything needs an app. In fact, some processes and products are better left alone. Then there are other times where minor refinements breathe fresh air into an otherwise stale world. Enter Rocketbook: an erasable notebook paired with a smartphone...
NMC Frequency: Season 2, Episode 8: Nicco Pandolfi & Taylor Nash: The Staff Infection
In this episode we explore the budding friendship between Nicco Pandolfi, Instruction Librarian, and Taylor Nash, Academic & Career Advisor. Listen in and learn about Nicco's recent ultimate frisbee championship, Taylor's musical accomplishments, and The Staff...
Students Trying to Complete, Looking for Housing
Traverse City’s first snow of the year occurred the week our winter shelter, Safe Harbor, opened, and we have since had enough snow to cause multiple school closings (including NMC!). Many of us know students who struggle to find and keep stable housing. Comments like...
A Rose by Another Name (Shakespeare)
We’ve heard students discuss tests, of course: "too long, too hard, too often"-therefore I am always surprised when I hear students at the END of the semester bemoaning the fact that there were NOT ENOUGH tests. They state that they want to "be able to prove what they...
How Do You Think Predictions Increase Learning?
My final post about James Lang’s book Small Teaching focuses on using prediction as a way of engaging our students before they learn. Lang explains that by asking students to predict an answer or trend or result before they learn about it, they are more likely to...
Conceivable Dreams – Part Four
Be what's possible. Eugene's journey from finding his next meal in a garbage can to a Navy officer to a successful businessman is a tale of finding the possibility in opportunities presented. Tell your story. His story is intertwined with my story. In my earliest...
Waiting for the Last Minute
If you wait until the last minute, then it only takes a minute. I had a student tell me that when I first started teaching physics at West Point. One would think that more preparation would be involved when our country’s military cadets faced challenging...
Look What’s New!
For my last article I thought I would take the time to let you all know about some new tools available to everyone to use with their Chrome browser, through Windows, Mac, Chromebooks, or phones. One set of tools is called Read&Write. Read&Write is now...