The Smile File
Teaching can drain you. We invest so much in to our lessons, planning, giving feedback.... and for what? Proverbially, we are planting seeds that we may never see grow. More often than not, we will never know the outcomes of what students take away from our classes....
The Lock Box Exam: “Escaping the Rhetoric” – Checking Content & Reinforcing Gen Ed Outcomes
Before I begin, I need to give credit and a shout out to Nick Roster, who inspired me with his own lock box activity. I had been wanting to do a group-styled "exam" for some time with my classes, and his idea of the "lock box" gave me the inspiration and vehicle to...
Embracing Neurodiversity in the Classroom
At January's Friday Forum, we heard from a panel on the topic of neurodiversity (the range of individual differences in brain function and behavioral traits including autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia). Two students, Hannah Krohn and Harley Maxbauer; a former...
Learner Centered Teaching Resources from January Conference
We were honored to host learner-centered teaching guru Maryellen Weimer on Jan. 6 for our January Conference faculty professional development. She focused on the five characteristics of learner-centered teaching: 1) students are doing the hard, messy work of learning,...
Moodle’s New Year’s Resolution: Slim Down 3 Terms
Have you noticed fewer classes in your Moodle dashboard this week? That's not a fever dream, but the result of a new Ed Tech policy regarding the number of past classes being maintained on our Moodle server (we reduced the number from 2 years + 1 semester of courses...
Rochelle’s Goodbye
Goodbye NMC you’ve been a good friend indeed. 36 years ago a friend of mine who was the office manager in the Communications Office, Barb Maylone, called me after my husband and I returned from a year in Tennessee with an 8-month-old baby boy. My husband had been...
Hacking a Learning Community
Have you ever thought there was a better way? Whether that be grading, asking questions, inquiry, teaching? I want to explore these topics, and more. I also want you to join me in this exploration. Therefore, I am creating a Learning Community to address these very...
P.I.I. – Ay yai yai! Protecting Your Personal Information Online
First things first: P.I.I. stands for Personally Identifiable Information. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), it is any information that can be found either on the internet or other media that can be directly or indirectly tied to an individual,...
Welcome to the Technology Help Desk Knowledgebase!
If you find yourself needing to quickly learn a new NMC program, Service, Google Application, or just want to access information, check out the Knowledgebase on the NMC Employee homepage. On the NMC Employee homepage scroll down and click on the drop down arrow on...
New Global Lit Book Club Choice: The Line Becomes a River
Twice a year, the Global Lit Book Club meets to discuss books about life in other cultures. We try to read one fiction and one non-fiction book each year and try to choose countries that are in the news. Two weeks ago we met to discuss Blue Label by Eduardo Sanchez...