Volume XXXVIII, No. 14 | April 29, 2016 Educating Through Coaching: Defining Your Role and Instilling a Dynamic Classroom Environment “Pressure Is a Privilege.”—Billie Jean King Think back to the very first moment you received confirmation that you are officially a “teacher.” Whether that was an affirming call from your department’s dean, an [...]
Lecture Light Shine: High-Wattage (and Low-Stress) Ideas to Engage Any Student Striving for Excellence A professional development series designed specifically for adjunct faculty and administrators. A NISOD and Cengage Learning Collaboration You have spent years passionately creating your lectures and you do not want to change a thing. Or, as you start your [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 13 | April 22, 2016 How Students Can—and Should—Contribute to the Rubric Creation Process I was in a kindergarten classroom a few weeks ago and was mesmerized by a rubric that was detailed on a large flipchart at the back of the room. It was titled “My Star Paper” [...]
Two Tools to Use Tomorrow: Universal Design in Online Spaces This webinar highlights two free tools—Thinglink and EdPuzzle—that can be used to reach a variety of learners. See examples of how to use Thinglink and EdPuzzle in online spaces, learn the basic elements of universal design, learn how Thinglink and EdPuzzle help promote [...]
Do This, and Your Students Will Never Miss Class Again Growing up, you heard the lectures from your parents. And then you went to school and heard even more lectures. And once you arrived in college, you were just about lectured-out. However, now you teach, and you do what you know best. You lecture! Okay, [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 12 | April 15, 2016 Too Many Screens? Try Collaborative Note-Taking There are two major problems that face the modern professor. The first is students who are underprepared for note-taking or who, worse still, have no conception of it. The second is students who are distracted by multiple screens. Finding [...]
NISOD is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest! El Paso Community College Read the winning essay by Paloma Paloma Marinelarena Student Carlos Mejia Academic Advisor Dr. William Serrata President Mountain View College Read the winning essay by Eudard Eduard Prieto Caballero Student Juan Sandoval STEM Program Services Dr. [...]
Be the Change: College-Wide Benefits of a Faculty Mentoring Program This year, my two-year college has formally implemented a Mentoring Program that pairs veteran faculty with new members during their first year of teaching.This initiative grew from an instructor’s idea and was formally approved by our Academic Standards Committee and our Executive Council. The value [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 11 | April 8, 2016 In Their Own Voices: Community College Students Address "Revolution" In our country there needs to be a revolution. This revolution must start with our thinking. We are a society of boastfulness, when very few of us really have anything to be boastful about. We hang [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 10 | April 1, 2016 If You Can’t Beat It, Integrate It: Using Smartphones and Polling Software to Create an Interactive Learning Environment A common complaint among educators is the number of distracted students in their classes. Many of us bemoan students in our classes engrossed in their smartphones instead [...]