Celebrating the Season with EMT
A song from us to you (we saved you from actually hearing us sing): On the first day of Christmas EMT brought to me Alan popping popcorn. On the second day of Christmas EMT brought to me two digital cameras. On the third day of Christmas EMT brought to me three Moodle...
Introducing Moodle Feedback
Did you know that you could collect feedback from your students using the feedback tool in Moodle? What is it? The feedback activity module allows you to create custom surveys to collect feedback from your students. You can use multiple choice answers, numeric...
Every Step of the Way
Written by Patty Olson, NMC Education Instructor, Adjunct & submitted by Jeff Straw. One technique that I found VERY useful particularly in teaching hormonal, uninterested 8th graders US history was combining your two ideas. As a PREview, I broke the class into...
Our Fires Still Burn and Other Stories
The largest minority at NMC is Native Americans, and yet we have many misconceptions based on movies, television, and other portrayals. Most of us can easily separate fictional qualities of famous females such June Cleaver, Roseanne Barr, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sofia...
Overview Article on Compentency-based Ed
The link below leads to an up-to-date and fairly brief article posted a few days ago by Phil Hill. It may be a good overview to share with others. http://mfeldstein.com/cbe-an-updated-primer-for-todays-online-market/
Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 5th
Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges Based on findings from focus groups conducted in colleges across the nation and the integration of results from its four complementary survey instruments, The Center for Community...
Retrospective
Our NMC community hosts a great many stories: history's lessons, tomorrow's dreams, and tales of triumph (and of other well-intentioned ideas yielding more modest results). We grow as colleagues share these stories. We're uplifted and energized; we help carry each...
4x4x16 Writing, Ice Cream, Education, and Maybe a Book
I was offered free ice cream for writing 16 sentences. I would have written more for less reward, so I guess NMC and I both thought we got a good deal. It was not that hard, considering that it was only about two sentences a day. Actually, it was less than that. ...
Afterthoughts
The blogging project, 4x4x16, allowed me to organize my thinking into structured frames. Each frame or blog served as a movement activity . This format seemed to bridge the gap between structured writing and creative journal writing. Furthermore, I was able to...
Have You Thanked Your Shop Teacher Lately?
I'm embarrassed to say I never did, not that I recall. Yet, I believe he taught me as much about general education outcomes as many traditional academic classes. Terry O'Banion's keynote speech this summer at a League of Innovation conference I attended used the...