I have nothing to contribute
“I have nothing to contribute.” This is a phrase that I have heard. Sometimes said out loud, other times mixed with comments in student groups like “What are we doing?” and “I didn’t read the lab.” I have found that everybody has something to contribute, and is good...
A Mile Wide….
... and an inch deep. That is how our curriculum is categorized in the United States. That is certainly how I feel about our curriculum. In other countries, they choose to cover far fewer topics, but at greater depth. What makes more sense? Know a little about a lot,...
My Most Inspiring Student
When Katherine turned in her first assignment in ENG 97/107, I was shocked. The assignment was to write a page of free writing explaining something they were good at and how they got good at it. Most students wrote about a page--messy and full of errors, maybe, but...
The WRC: Forging Student Connections
This morning I was eating my snack at a table in the Writing and Reading Center when I overheard a conversation between two students. One student asked the other if she was at the WRC for her psychology paper or her sociology paper. When the other student responded...
When Accounting is Spelled, “Water…”
Lofty ideas and ideals need to have a landing place. Words and ideas need to become flesh if they are to have any value at all. I am an educator. But I am also an innovator. I guess that makes me an educational innovator? Strangely, that label...
The AHA Moment
In calculus III we spend the majority of our time studying functions in 3-dimensional space. I told the students early on that making a real 3-D model would, at times, be the only way they would really be able to “see” it. Most of the semester our 3-D grapher has been...
Why I Hated Remind.com
“Use Remind,” they said, “your students will find it so convenient!” “Remind is instant,” they said, “and all your students will see updates right away!” “Remind is Safe,” they said, “nobody will be able to see or steal your students’ numbers and they won’t see...
Have you Met Justin?
If you have stopped into Educational Media Technologies lately, you may have had the pleasure of meeting the new Instructional Technology Assistant Justin Guillard. Justin came to EMT from the Interlochen Center for the Arts where he was an intern at the IT help desk....
Point of No Return
This was the week of no return. At an average of 100 pts a week, the 11th week marks the point at which some students have enough points to pass the course. They will pass regardless of what they do for the remainder of the semester. The students who have enough...
Student Adoption and Use of Technology
Traditional age students entering higher education institutions today are the last group of college bound students that are part of the Digital Native and/or Millennial generation. They view technology as an important part of their everyday lives for communication,...