…wanting a few more days of vacation. So here’s what I’ve come up with: when a student informs me that a close relative has died, I immediately send a condolence…
…you will and won’t miss when you retire. Share your thoughts in the comment box. I am just about to retire from Penn State and leave my faculty position teaching…
…After lunch, I take a long nap before Judge Judy comes on. So, am I retired? Definitely, yes. No, I am really not retired as evidenced by: I still go…
…the many challenges teachers face on a daily basis at my institution. It probably won’t come as a surprise, but I noticed immediately, as a whole, entering first-year students are…
…the content, but Alford says his students have always come up with a connection. “These are clever, clever students.” Watch other teachers—Whether you learn something negative or positive from watching…
Elvis (the other one … Costello) was right, “Radio, it’s a sound salvation. Radio, it’s cleaning up the nation.” Radio didn’t die, it was just sleeping. Podcasting and ubiquitous audio…
…the students are already comfortable with our CMS. The CMS is a more secure channel for FERPA-related communications. You can also issue due date reminders and guidelines through both platforms….
…to implement a similar process for student assessment, where feasible. Ask students to only list their student ID rather than their name on assignments. This signals to students that you…
