Building Online Glossaries to Support Student Learning
Terminology and vocabulary is a critical component of information context, it allows students to build meaning about larger pieces of information and to connect pieces of information together which builds bigger meaning. These are some of the reasons that most…
Using Lotus Diagrams to Facilitate Brainstorming
In my classroom I am often using brainstorming activates to my students generate new ideas especially when I they say “I can’t think of anything”. This is often the student’s initial reaction because of barriers to the brainstorming process, a…
Going Fully Paperless in my Classes
This school year, I went paperless in my classroom. I was super tired of having assignments cluttering up my desk and looming at me as if to say “GRADE ME”. I learned a lot when we had to do remote…
Teachers as Content-Creators
In our new educational landscape teachers have been thrust into finding new and exciting ways to keep students engaged while doing distance learning. This year (19-20) is a bit of crap shoot for that, since we as teachers didn’t have resources or training to get going on distance learning full time for the most part, we just had to go.
What is Plagiarism?
Most people think that plagiarism is simply “copying” or “borrowing” information written by another person without giving them credit. We are guilty of doing this at some point in our lives, but when it comes to academic work, plagiarizing can…