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Class Budget Activity
In MTH 120 we spend most of our time problem solving. I provide them with rich problems which they work on in groups. One such problem is a budget activity. In this problem they are asked to help a young family get their spending under control and start saving some...
Cool Moodle PoodLL Tools: Now Available
PoodLL Widgets allow you to easily add items like tabs, accordions, stopwatches, lightboxes and more to a Moodle course page. Several PoodLL Widgets are now available. These tools can be a great way to spice up the way you're delivering content in your course, enrich...
How Can I Get My Students to Start Fighting?
I read an article in the New York Times this week called "Kids, Would you Please Start Fighting?" and I was struck by the thesis of the piece, especially as it relates to argument writing courses. The author discusses how argument is the genesis for creativity, and...
Abandoning the Plan
My first teaching job was at a public high school outside Chicago, and every week I had to submit that week’s daily lesson plans to my department chair. These plans included objectives and activities for each of my classes each day. I did this for the first two years...