Around Campus: Jane Zlojutro and Service Learning with Soup

Around Campus: Jane Zlojutro and Service Learning with Soup

When you hear “accountant” you might think boring, quiet, set in her ways, obsessive even. Accounting instructor Jane Zlojutro, however, is none of those things. She believes in taking risks and keeping class lively. “I’ll try anything,”...
Book Review: Lesson Study Step by Step

Book Review: Lesson Study Step by Step

Bronwyn Jones wrote this about lesson study for the October PD Day, “Originating in the US in the 1980’s, then migrating to Japan where it flourished, lesson study focuses on how instructors can impact and change student thinking as a means of catalyzing deeper...
You Now Have Access to the Full 20 Minute Mentor Collection

You Now Have Access to the Full 20 Minute Mentor Collection

On the third Friday of every month at 10 am, CIE sponsors the 20 Minute Mentor Coffee Club, an hour long gathering where we watch a short video on a specific topic and then discuss ideas generated by that video. It’s a great chance to get some new ideas for the...

Quick Reads

This article defending the effectiveness and value of the lecture in the classroom created quite a stir on the POD listserv. See what you think. “Lecture Me. Really” from The New York Times This article presents an opinion very different from that in the...

When Should a Student Bail?

She came to see me during my office hours. She is so different from me. She has blue striped hair. She wears fake eyelashes that are about an inch long. She wears shoes with 6 inch heals. She is an artist. She has tattoos and piercings. She is so different from me. I...