Does your class end with a bang or a whimper?
Many of us spend a lot of time crafting the perfect first day of class
A teacher’s work is rarely done. You may think you have nailed it one day only to flounder the next. One semester may go swimmingly,
First days of class are really fun. Or at least they can be. There is the energy of starting a new year and seeing a
Do you remember life before smartphones?
If 2007 was a watershed moment, influencing and shaping a new generation that would grow up with iPhones,
Look around you. Unless you are sequestered alone, there is a good chance a human around you is looking at their phone. If you
In a now-classic scene in Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV for those of you keeping track), pilot Luke Skywalker has one shot
I have a brown wicker chair on my back porch. It is nestled in a little nook, shaded by the overhang of my roof
What if a student was having trouble understanding an assignment, and they asked a smart friend to help them? This person had not taken
A junior colleague asked me whether teaching for many years made me thicker skinned. They wondered whether reading student evaluations gets easier with time.
Do students consider you a “hard-ass”? If so, is that a bad thing? Rigor may have its benefits, but there may just be a
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