Picture This…

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...
Students Trying to Complete, Looking for Housing

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)

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...
How Do You Think Predictions Increase Learning?

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...