Whether you’re a fan of Apple’s hit series or not, the fictional character Ted Lasso has some words of wisdom for those teaching for the first semester or thirtieth. Check out this short piece from The Teaching Professor, What Ted Lasso taught me about my first semester of teaching.
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Tidbit – What Ted Lasso taught me about my first semester of teaching
Whether you’re a fan of Apple’s hit series or not, the fictional character Ted Lasso has some words of wisdom for those teaching for the first semester or thirtieth. Check out this short piece from The Teaching Professor, What Ted Lasso taught me about my first semester of teaching.
Tidbit – The Listening I: Shifting Agency in Student Writing Conferences
As due dates for those scaffolded writing projects come due, many of us are holding writing conferences with our students. This article by Paul Hanstedt in
The Teaching Professor provides his fresh approach to this process that get his student actively engaged in the conference. He requires students to take out a notebook and make three lists:
- everything you already know you’re going to change
- everything you’re thinking about changing but aren’t sure about;
- any questions you have for him
He found that thee conferences were less work, students paid greater attention, and the papers got better.
Tidbit – You’re Mid-Career, Now What?: Next Steps of Your Faculty Journey
On Wednesday, November 10 at 12:00 noon, the GLCA’s Consortium for Teaching and Learning (CTL) will present a second webinar in the series by Vicki L. Baker, Professor of Economics and Management at Albion College, entitled, So You’re Mid-Career, Now What?: Next Steps of Your Faculty Journey. This installment focuses on “SWOT Analysis/Goal Setting.”
Tidbit – You’re Mid-Career, Now What?: Next Steps of Your Faculty Journey
On Wednesday, November 10 at 12:00 noon, the GLCA’s Consortium for Teaching and Learning (CTL) will present a second webinar in the series by Vicki L. Baker, Professor of Economics and Management at Albion College, entitled, So You’re Mid-Career, Now What?: Next Steps of Your Faculty Journey. This installment focuses on “SWOT Analysis/Goal Setting.”
Tidbit – Sharpening Your Think-Pair-Share Game
At a conference in 2011, I saw a speaker use a think-pair-share exercise with a room of more than 200 strangers. Within two minutes, he could barely quiet the room and the following conversation was rich and meaningful. I have used this strategy heavily in my classroom ever since.
Even though I am a firm believer in this discussion method, I am not always the best practitioner.
Tidbit – The Emotional Labor of Teaching
The past 18 months have been challenging. Even with the return to the classroom, there are still many issues and concerns when it comes to our teaching. Ashley Harvey refers to some of these challenges as the emotional labor of teaching. Her article Seven Strategies for Embracing the Emotional Labor of Teaching helps us navigate this.
Tidbit – What’s in a Nombre?
Have you used the new Say My Name feature from NoteBowl to learn how to pronounce your students names? This article from Inside Higher Ed explores the importance of using and correctly pronouncing the names of Hispanic and Latino students in the New York City school system, and how this impacts their later learning.
Tidbit – what’s the right amount of reading?
A reading list is a tricky thing. You want to assign enough for students to get a better understanding of the topic, but how much is too much? Checkout the Course Workload Estimator at Rice University. In this Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, co-creator Dr. Betsy Barre explains why she created the estimator and how it is used.
Tidbit – How a Pandemic can Inform our Syllabi
As I write, the Delta variant is still spreading and health protocols are in flux. But there are several things we have learned from the pandemic with regard to teaching. Prior to the pandemic, I was little aware of the trauma our students and colleagues experience. This has made me rethink how I approach and interact with both.