Make Your Back-up Teaching Plan:  The Game Must Go On

Make Your Back-up Teaching Plan: The Game Must Go On

In light of the recent snowstorms wreaking havoc across the country and closing schools, spending time creating a back-up plan for missed classes is worth the investment.  Rather than wait until weather or other emergencies happen costing precious learning time,...
One Sentence Teaching Tips

One Sentence Teaching Tips

Time.  There is never enough. But maybe, just maybe you have time to share one sentence.  Share an idea or piece of advice that someone mentioned at the copy machine or heard at a conference workshop or read in a book or blog post.  Did you receive a tip when you were...
On Deadlines

On Deadlines

Meeting a number of deadlines is a fact of life for college students, and missing one can make some feel like it’s time to give up. Be it the demands of work, family, other courses, or a lack of good time awareness and time management, students may miss...
Wait Loss Made Simple:  Four Time-saving Tips

Wait Loss Made Simple: Four Time-saving Tips

Hearing more resolutions about traditional weight loss in the new year, the idea of reducing wait time for our students and ourselves seemed easier to address.  Similar to snacking in front of a TV, we may not notice how many small ways our time is used...

“Messy” Questions Often Elicit Critical Thinking

One strategy to elicit critical thinking is to omit important facts when presenting scenarios to students for classroom discussion.  Often instructors take considerable care in class to articulate each important fact within a particular scenario that students will...