In relation to NMC students, what technology is important and what about technology is important? How do our students compare to national data? During fall semester 2016, we surveyed NMC students about their technology use and recently, national data was released by...
For the past week or so, my ENG 111 students have been coping with some problems I’ve set for them as they construct research posters for next week’s NMC student conference on Hunger and Homelessness Awareness. I’ve asked them to include a pathos image (one that...
I love group work. Students hate it--until they see what it CAN be. I found students to be so "allergic" to group work that I avoided it in my first years at NMC because students simply don't want their grades negatively impacted by their peers. One of the things...
All of the above I believe, and in all areas of life. Without the above, I’d still be sitting home or in the Grand Rapids airport, wondering what next. Instead, I made it to my flight on time for a conference presentation--despite Murphy’s Law appearing this morning...
Part of the Non-Violent Communication that Marshall Rosenberg teaches includes understanding anger. Anger, Rosenberg believes, is never the problem. The problem is that the angry person is supporting what he calls the Domination System. The Domination System...
In MTH 120 we spend most of our time problem solving. I provide them with rich problems which they work on in groups. One such problem is a budget activity. In this problem they are asked to help a young family get their spending under control and start saving some...
PoodLL Widgets allow you to easily add items like tabs, accordions, stopwatches, lightboxes and more to a Moodle course page. Several PoodLL Widgets are now available. These tools can be a great way to spice up the way you're delivering content in your course, enrich...
I read an article in the New York Times this week called "Kids, Would you Please Start Fighting?" and I was struck by the thesis of the piece, especially as it relates to argument writing courses. The author discusses how argument is the genesis for creativity, and...
My first teaching job was at a public high school outside Chicago, and every week I had to submit that week’s daily lesson plans to my department chair. These plans included objectives and activities for each of my classes each day. I did this for the first two years...