Nov 8, 2017
I love group work. Students hate it–until they see what it CAN be. I found students to be so “allergic” to group work that I avoided it in my first years at NMC because students simply don’t want their grades negatively impacted by their peers....
Nov 8, 2017
All of the above I believe, and in all areas of life. Without the above, I’d still be sitting home or in the Grand Rapids airport, wondering what next. Instead, I made it to my flight on time for a conference presentation–despite Murphy’s Law appearing this...
Nov 7, 2017
Part of the Non-Violent Communication that Marshall Rosenberg teaches includes understanding anger. Anger, Rosenberg believes, is never the problem. The problem is that the angry person is supporting what he calls the Domination System. The Domination System...
Nov 7, 2017
In MTH 120 we spend most of our time problem solving. I provide them with rich problems which they work on in groups. One such problem is a budget activity. In this problem they are asked to help a young family get their spending under control and start saving some...
Nov 7, 2017
PoodLL Widgets allow you to easily add items like tabs, accordions, stopwatches, lightboxes and more to a Moodle course page. Several PoodLL Widgets are now available. These tools can be a great way to spice up the way you’re delivering content in your course,...
