With knowledge comes responsibility. Knowledge left unchecked or unshared can turn inward and devour the pupil. Some pupils wish to be devoured in order to avoid sharing knowledge. This, again, is the ego and thinking others cannot be trusted with knowledge. While...
A quick sidebar for my apologies for this proverb’s politically incorrectness, but it fits. As the old proverb goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. This holds true in life and learning. Our students come from different places, different learning...
This past Friday I attended the Educational Technology Organization of Michigan (ETOM) Fall Conference held at Mid Michigan Community College in Mt. Pleasant. It was an interesting event and I'm going to use this opportunity share a few things I picked up concerning...
I have been thinking about flipping my math class for several years. Last spring I finally did it. I completely flipped my MTH 120 class and will flip others as I find the time required to get it set up. The main tool that has allowed me to flip my class is EdPuzzle...
Driving to work and my mind is full with a running list of worries of ‘what if’s.' It's my second time around of doing a ‘three-way cross-disciplinary experiential project’ of participating in the National Homeless and Hunger Awareness Project. I am concerned about...
Here is a quotation from my assignment that apparently was misinterpreted by my students: “Your project structure will include the following in sequence: A cover page with a title of your project, your name, the date submitted, the class, and my name Citations...
The literature on Digital Natives addresses three themes: a skill-divided generation, what about technology is important, and what technology is important. A skill-divided generation refers to a non-homogeneous generation of technology users that are composed of power...
Teaching in higher ed, there are many times when we add requirements or resources to our class, only to wonder later if they are beneficial to the students. Below are some conversations with a freshman that echo my experiences with students over the last few years as...
I get stressed, sometimes, by all of the grading and emailing that’s required of me in the middle of the semester, and by the unending to-do list I keep running in my brain. For work, I have a three column to-do list that, when not woefully neglected, works really...