At what point do kids lose their interest in school? It happens, let's not fool ourselves. How do we take a human, that is intensely curious of the world and grind that out of them? Watch any growing up and you can see them performing experiments constantly. The poke...
“I always ask them why they want to teach,” Mark shared in a meeting. Before he could continue, I glibly tossed out “I’d say because I get my summers off, for sure.” “That is not a good answer,” he retorted sharply and we both smiled. Glib my comment was, but I found...
If you have spent some time with Moodle version 3.5 this fall, you may have noticed two new icons located at the far right of the text toolbar. These icons allow users to record audio and/or video directly into a text editor for display to in your Moodle courses....
Thank you so much, colleagues, for all of your work presenting and learning at last week's 2018 Fall Conference! I hope you all learned new things and then had a chance to reflect on what you learned and how you could apply it to your own teaching or learning. As is...
In early June of 2005 I was asked to give a speech on the meaning of teaching to the graduating seniors of Glen Lake. A first-year teacher, I wasn't up to the task, instead delivering a nice sounding speech that said little of substance. Shortly afterwards, as I got...
This is the sixth year of the Writing Challenge and the traditional gift for the sixth anniversary in the UK is candy. Candy is pretty close to ice cream and for participating in the writing challenge, all participants will receive a pint of Ben and Jerry's Ice...
Don't you sometimes wonder what is going on in that classroom next door or across campus? Or what they actually do in Accounting class or History class or Biology lab? Well, now is the time to find out. Oct. 22-26 will be our first Fall Open Classroom Week. This week...
Movement in the Classroom, Time Management, Organizing Your Electronic World, Analogy as a Critical Thinking Tool . . . These are just a few of the over forty sessions you can choose from at the upcoming 2018 NMC Fall Conference will be held all day Tuesday, Oct. 9....
Back in December, the Consortium of Military Veteran Educators (CMVE) kicked off its Kognito Challenge Grants, allowing colleges and universities to earn $500 in support of their military-connected students by boosting campus participation with Kognito’s Veterans on...