Learning for Life

Learning for Life

In my high school, there was a statement over the entrance way that read, “Learn not for school, but for life.”  I think the best gift of being an educator is that we have the ability to learn from every student, every peer, every day.  I know that is a journey that...
Encouraging Every Student to Talk

Encouraging Every Student to Talk

I have a very quiet ENG 99 class this semester. Even still at week three or four, they were very reluctant to speak up in front of the whole class or even in small groups. So I decided to try something that I had learned at a Reading Apprenticeship workshop several of...

Evaluating Nursing Student Clinical Skills

Each semester the fundamental nursing instructors have to evaluate 45 nursing students on 24 different skills. Each skill takes about 10 minutes to evaluate. This equates to 10,800 minutes or 180 hours of class time to complete. The students become frustrated because...
Text Your Students :)

Text Your Students :)

Speak the language your learners are listening in. reproduced with permission from Scott Hamm, Abilene Christian University What is this language?  This language is normally portable, visual, and entertaining. Using a text message to communicate with students is an...
Grade Book Training – Now & August

Grade Book Training – Now & August

Available Now – Online Training: (Self-paced basic overview with tutorials) 5 Steps to Moodle Gradebook Success Note: Log into Moodle for the link to work correctly. The Educational Media Technologies Department is also happy to meet with instructors...