November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and because that diagnosis applies to several in our NMC community I thought a bit of information would be in order. Did you know: Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system which can cause seizures* 1 in 26 Americans...
A few years ago, I attended weekend seminar "Designing Courses for More Significant Learning" - a prior version of NMC's August professional development program. I used Dee Fink's approach twice in major course designs, and I've been pleased with the results....
Interested in VoiceThread? VoiceThread is a program that students can use to produce presentations online where peers and the instructor can view and record comments by speaking and/or writing. Kay and Laura are writing an innovation grant to pilot VoiceThread for...
Our over-the-range microwave oven experienced a meltdown this week. After we'd turned in for the night, an unusual noise emanated from "somewhere else" in the house. A short jaunt through dark hallways found our microwave's door wide open, a bit of unexpected light...
Announcing six new learning community groups to NMC for 2016-2017. It is not too late to join a group. Most groups will meet about once a month for six months. Click here to see the complete group lists. Enjoy the time with colleagues and explore a new area of...
Ada is 7. She is an identical twin. She has autism and other developmental and cognitive disabilities. Everything is hard for Ada. She did not walk until she was two. She had two bouts of deafness in her early years. Talking is very challenging for her. She has...
Yesterday in my ENG 99 class, students at two tables were swapping Snapchat names so they could start Snapchatting each other. Another table saw them, and said, laughingly, “You guys are just doing that now? Our table did that the first week!” It was completely...
Jesus wept. When I was in college, we ate our meals family-style. At the beginning of the meal, the senior class and freshman class would have a competition of trivia. We had to think of a question that would stump the other class. Usually there was some wager,...
Regional accreditation is required for NMC to provide access to federal and state funding for the college and our students. NMC follows the AQIP pathway offered by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) which includes regular monitoring, annual Action Projects, Strategy...