Growing learning through connecting classrooms

Growing learning through connecting classrooms

The EDU101 hybrid class I teach has one homework assignment that takes at least 45 hours, and many of the students ask if they can spend more time on it. Some do struggle with their schedules to get it all done, but the question the ask is usually a variation of,...

Thumbs Up for October Professional Development Day!

[slideshow_deploy id=’7527′] View pictures from the October PD Day. Thanks to everyone who attended and/or presented at this year’s October Professional Development Day. We got free admission to Dennos, made soup, connected to the Cloud, cut textbook...
Around Campus: Jane Zlojutro and Service Learning with Soup

Around Campus: Jane Zlojutro and Service Learning with Soup

When you hear “accountant” you might think boring, quiet, set in her ways, obsessive even. Accounting instructor Jane Zlojutro, however, is none of those things. She believes in taking risks and keeping class lively. “I’ll try anything,”...
Book Review: Lesson Study Step by Step

Book Review: Lesson Study Step by Step

Bronwyn Jones wrote this about lesson study for the October PD Day, “Originating in the US in the 1980’s, then migrating to Japan where it flourished, lesson study focuses on how instructors can impact and change student thinking as a means of catalyzing deeper...
You Now Have Access to the Full 20 Minute Mentor Collection

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...