Developing Metacognition by Modeling with Contextual Frameworks

Developing Metacognition by Modeling with Contextual Frameworks

Metacognition means, simply, thinking about one’s thinking and realizing if you are comprehending what you are thinking.  Modeling thinking is one metacognitive approach to instruction that Buehl (2014) found increases student’s abilities to transfer or adapt their...
Affordable Cost for Course Materials

Affordable Cost for Course Materials

A survey of Washington state’s community and technical colleges was completed at the end of 2017 regarding what college students believe is a reasonable cost for course materials.  The data collected led to 6 findings recently published by the SBCTC and WACTCSA....
Introducing Chris Hanna

Introducing Chris Hanna

Educational Media Technologies is excited to welcome Chris Hanna to our team! Chris has joined us as the Digital Media Systems Technician. He and his family have lived in Traverse City for the last sixteen years after living in Chicago for the early part of his adult...
NMC’s 12th Annual Career and Employment Fair

NMC’s 12th Annual Career and Employment Fair

Hello NMC Faculty and Staff! The Advising team and our Student Success team are working to finalize the details for this year’s Career and Employment Fair! We have over 70 businesses signed up so far, and they are hopeful to get a wide range of applicants to learn...
Travel Procedures for Faculty

Travel Procedures for Faculty

If you find a conference or workshop or other professional development opportunity that you would like to attend, there is an easy process for you to follow. Here it is step by step: Review Travel Procedures to get an overview of college policies related to travel...