Life Happens

Life happens.  I teach classes to students who are entering or are already in jobs where my class is considered part of the career development.  They are not going to transfer to another school.  They do not want a degree, but one would be nice.  They are in the class...
Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Scantron forms and scanners are antiquated tools still in use at NMC, but many instructors and academic areas are phasing them out in favor of newer assessment technology. During the October PD day I lead a session introducing the Teaching Assistant application, a...
Professional Development Day a Success!

Professional Development Day a Success!

[slideshow_deploy id=’10987’] Student veterans, models of molecules, fillable PDFs, moral inquiry, electronic portfolios–these were just a few of the forty five topics available to faculty and staff at our first annual Faculty Staff Professional...
Moodle Trick for a Treat!

Moodle Trick for a Treat!

Here is a little trick that will give you a treat.  Did you know that you can change your dates on all assignments, forums, and quizzes, all at one time? No more going into each activity to change dates one at a time. This treat will save you time.  It is a simple...
Meet Paragraph

Meet Paragraph

Before you work on your next document, take a moment and meet Paragraph and the tools it offers to help make things easier for you. No more using the spacebar for formatting! Bullets – Create a list of non-sequential items. Numbering – Create a list of sequential...
Priorities

Priorities

Remember the dull, disappointed feeling you get whenever a capable student does just enough to get by? Apparently not learning anything significant from your carefully architected lesson plans? Ignoring your enthusiasm? Attending in body but not in spirit? As a...