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Spring 2008 | Summer 2008
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Spring 2006 | Summer 2006 | Fall 2006
Spring 2005 | Summer 2005 | Fall 2005

Summer 2008 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. First-Day Priorities
2. Surviving and Thriving in Summer School

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Spring 2008 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. The First Day Experience
2. A Motivating Start
3. Balancing Teacher & Student Critiques
4. Ongoing Grading & Feedback
5. The Creative Process
6. Respect in the Classroom
7. Transforming Information into Knowledge
8. Attitude Alchemy
9. Feedback in a Flash!
10. Spicing Up Student Presentations
11. Engaging and Reengaging
12. How do rubrics affect student learning?
13. Greater Expectations
14.What should I do on the last day?

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Fall 2007 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Designing a Course
2. What is Active Learning?
3. How Do I Know My Students Are Learning?
4. Every Minute Counts
5. Default Grading (& How To Avoid It)
6. Learning From Other Teachers
7. Three Steps to Better Techniques
8. Asking Great Questions
9. Academic Issue or Conduct Issue?
10. The "Change-up" - Re-engaging Students
11. Teaching in the Computer Lab Classroom
12. Lectures and Demos: Help Students Get the Most Out of Them
13. The Art of Critical Thinking
14. Music & Other Strategies to Ease Stress
15. Final Grading Dilemmas: Advice from the Pros

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Summer 2007 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Achieving Succes in Your Summer Class
2. Keeping Your Grading on Target
3. Checking In with Your Students
4. Reviewing to Make Learning Meaningful

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Spring 2007 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. What are your students’ attitudes and abilities?
2. The best defense is a good offense: proactively meeting classroom challenges
3. Setting up a computerized gradebook?
4. Getting Students Involved: Using Critique Notebooks
5. Forward-Looking Assessment
6. Launching discussions with think-write-pair-share
7. Getting Students to Class: Improving Timely Attendance
8. Mixing It Up After Midterms
9. Getting Down to Business in the First Few Minutes of Class
10. Striking a Good Balance in Providing Feedback
11. After a Collective Tragedy: Helpful Tips for Faculty
12. Practicing Kindness and Compassion in the Classroom
13. Teaching to Different Learning Levels
14. Shifting Your Focus from "Information" to "Knowledge"
15. Looking Back, Planning Forward

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Fall 2006 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. The First Two Weeks: Tips from the "trenches"
2. Balancing the Role of the Teacher During Critiques
3. Peripheral Considerations in Grading
4. Modeling and Teaching Good Habits
5. No Apologies
6. Grabbing and Keeping your Students Attention in Computer Labs
7. Working with Non-Traditional Students
8. Use and Care of Your Voice
9. Post Midterm Meetings
10. The Post-Midterm Squirm
11. When There’s Just No Way to Pass
12. The Connection Between School & Work
13. Stress Happens
14. 3 Steps Towards Active Listening
15. Addressing & Avoiding Final Grade Disputes

 

Summer 2006 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Time Management for Summer
2. Grading with Empathy and Clarity
3. Incorporating/Making the Most of Alternative Activities
4. The Last Day of Class: Providing Closure

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Spring 2006 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Mapping the Class
2. How do I know students are learning?
3. Getting Organized
4. What are Critique Notebooks?
5. Teaching Collaboration
6. Teaching to Gen Y
7. Rubrics Revisited
8. Move Beyond Cool
9. Learning Snapshots
10. Communicating with Online Students
11. Dealing with Conflict in the Classroom
12. Academic Freedom
13. Senioritis Spring Fever
14. Networking
15. Preparing Students for Lifelong Learning

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Fall 2005 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Creating a Comfortable Learning Environment
2. Discussing World Events and Handlng Hot Topics
3. Responding to Late Students
4. Classroom Assessment Techniques
5. Guest Speakers
6. Handling late Assignments
7. Grading Discussion
8. Field Trips
9. Using Color in Teaching & Learning
10. Varying the Critique
11. Using Space Creatively
12. Presenting Final Work
13. Recapping Semester
14. Dealing with Plagiarism
15. Winding Down and Gearing Up

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Summer 2005 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1. Setting up for Success
2. Ongoing Student Success
3. Helping Stressed-Out Students
4. Reflecting on Summer

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Spring 2005 Teaching Tips

Tip # Subject
1.Getting Started
2.Great Expectations
3.Deterring and Detecting Plagiarism
4.Giving Feedback
5.Civility in Education
6.Learning Styles
7.Time-saving ideas for grading & feedback
8.Keeping Students Motivated
9.Critiquing Efficiently and Effectively
10.Handling Behavioral Issues
11.Making Group Work "Work"
12.Managing the Workload - Managing Time
13.Detecting and Managing Stress
14.Reflecting on the semester

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