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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...
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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 article...
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...
“No One Writes Alone”: Attitude, Peer Review, and English Composition
This week I am gone from campus at a conference, so my ENG 111 students are peer reviewing their essays online in Moodle Forums instead of meeting in person. My students will be practicing critical thinking and communications skills while they read through my peer...