Algorithms to Improve Your Life

Algorithms to Improve Your Life

If you don’t listen to the podcast “Note to Self,” I would encourage you to do so. Last year I wrote a post on one of Manoush’s (the host) podcasts and she has some wonderful bits on the tech side of being human. Recently I listened to an...

Life Happens

Life happens.  I teach classes to students who are entering or are already in jobs where my class is considered part of the career development.  They are not going to transfer to another school.  They do not want a degree, but one would be nice.  They are in the class...
Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology

Scantron forms and scanners are antiquated tools still in use at NMC, but many instructors and academic areas are phasing them out in favor of newer assessment technology. During the October PD day I lead a session introducing the Teaching Assistant application, a...
Professional Development Day a Success!

Professional Development Day a Success!

[slideshow_deploy id=’10987’] Student veterans, models of molecules, fillable PDFs, moral inquiry, electronic portfolios–these were just a few of the forty five topics available to faculty and staff at our first annual Faculty Staff Professional...
Around Campus: CIT New Faculty

Around Campus: CIT New Faculty

We would like to welcome Lisa Balbach and introduce her to the NMC community. Lisa joined the Business Area this fall as an instructor in the CIT Department and comes to us with five years of experience as a programmer/analyst and over 25 years of teaching experience....