Beginning the week of October 20th, we will begin our SECOND Annual 4x4x16 Writing Challenge! Hooray! How does it work? We are inviting instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing should be approximately 16...
There was another nice mention of NMC and our teaching@NMC website on December 13, 2013. The 4x4x16 Challenge that we created at NMC was mentioned by Todd Conaway, the originator of the idea from Yavapai College in Arizona. Faculty Respond to the Challenge: Write...
How my wife can wrap Christmas presents that look so nice with the fancy bows and everything is beyond me. But that is a different wrapping subject. The 4x4x16 Instructor Writing project is a wrap! We had a group of eight instructors participate and create 30...
Written by Patty Olson, NMC Education Instructor, Adjunct & submitted by Jeff Straw. One technique that I found VERY useful particularly in teaching hormonal, uninterested 8th graders US history was combining your two ideas. As a PREview, I broke the class into...
Our NMC community hosts a great many stories: history's lessons, tomorrow's dreams, and tales of triumph (and of other well-intentioned ideas yielding more modest results). We grow as colleagues share these stories. We're uplifted and energized; we help carry each...
The data seems to be coming in that supports the idea that playing games can increase knowledge. In one study, it was found that playing an app called Motion Math: Fractions for 20 minutes a day for five days increased fraction knowledge by 15% among 120 elementary...
In addition to the CIE-sponsored Friday Forums, please consider placing the following Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on your calendar: December 13th, January 17th, February 14th, and March 14th. Those are the upcoming dates of the CIE-sponsored 20-Minute Mentor...
Hello, my name is Ryan and I'm a defunct adjunct. I've brought it all upon myself. In addition to being an adjunct at NMC, I have a full-time gig at a local Internet hosting company in Traverse City where I host daily webinars teaching people how to create their own...
Teaching / learning ideas tap our shoulders all the time. Which are worthy? Would Think-Pair-Share work for me, or should I try One-Minute Paper instead? Can I do both - and maybe Muddiest Point too? When I attend a cross-discipline conference, I typically find a...