Quick Guide for Gmail Invitations
There are several ways of accepting and changing the status and details of a Google Appointment. The simplest way is to select the RSVP drop down menu displayed to the right of any event notification in your inbox. Three standard response options are available....
Teaching as Learning
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ~Author: B F Skinner “Education in 1984” New Scientist 21 May 64 I think of this quote when I am frantic. I get busy, I fall into survival mode, and I find myself in a frenzy. However, when what...
Technology in the Classroom
This semester the mathematics department has a new math course, MTH 120. It is not an algebra course, however, it does require some algebraic thinking (kind of like real life). As I was planning for this course I decided to make it a technology rich course with lots...
How Much is That Worth?
This is a phrase that makes chills go down my spine. Typically it means to an instructor that if you don't assign points to an assignment, then the student will not see value in it. Many pieces of research have shown that if you are motivated externally (i.e. money or...
Extra Credit in the Lab
Extra credit may be trivial to the overall grade. In my electronics lab, it sparked an interest in a simple circuit. The task was to build a simple circuit as introduction to how switches worked. The switch would turn on a motor, making it spin forward or backward...
Evaluating Nursing Student Clinical Skills
Each semester the fundamental nursing instructors have to evaluate 45 nursing students on 24 different skills. Each skill takes about 10 minutes to evaluate. This equates to 10,800 minutes or 180 hours of class time to complete. The students become frustrated because...
Bibliophobia? Library Phobia?
“She smells vaguely of Band-Aids and Vick's Vapor Rub. I have several overdue DVDs, one of which is scratched.” Yahoo Answers individual explaining a fear of Librarians. We see it all the time in the Osterlin Library. The student that reluctantly walks past the...
Lions, Tigers, and Bears, OH MY!
I am not a wizzard. And I do not live in the land of Oz. Traverse City certainly is a wonderful place to live, but it ain’t no Oz. Apologies to those whose “English gene” is now screeming. This is a blog, not a discertation. I am a teacher. And I find myself...
Writing Challenge Kick Off
The 4x4x16 Writing Challenge begins today. We have 11 people signed up to participate, and there is still plenty of room for more. If you are interested in participating, please contact Mark DeLonge. Over the next 4 weeks, our participants will create 4 pieces of...
Accessibility Q&A: PowerPoint
When creating a PowerPoint, it won't matter how I format it, as long as it looks nice, right? No, and here’s why. When creating a PowerPoint presentation, you need to use the slide layout templates as opposed to just adding text boxes when formatting and adding your...