How Do You Teach Bright Students to Ask for Help?

How Do You Teach Bright Students to Ask for Help?

“Most people are hung up on the idea of asking for help. From the time we’re born, we are told that the American ethic is self-reliance. Pull your own weight, row your own boat, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and a host of other similar sayings pervade our...
Moodle Advice for Students?

Moodle Advice for Students?

Yes, this is a bit like us asking you to do our homework for us. Pine Palooza will be held on September 9th, and the Educational Media Technologies staff will be there to share some Moodle wisdom with NMC students. What Moodle advice should we share with students?...
New Moodle Homepage

New Moodle Homepage

Beginning May 5th, the Moodle homepage will be updated to be more functional and user-friendly, coinciding with the availability of summer semester Moodle shells.  After receiving both student and faculty feedback, the new format will take advantage of the My Home...
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...