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5 tools for when you're sick

I had a health issue come up this week that meant I couldn't teach on Monday, as planned. I'll spare...
HOW TO APOLOGIZE

How to apologize [as a professor]

I'm not having a very good semester at setting quiz dates in one of my classes. Almost all my classes...
gtd

Getting things done gets redone

I met with a student yesterday who was completely overwhelmed. She used to be a faithful user of a paper...
sharing tools

Sharing tools

Sharing is an integral part of one's personal knowledge management system. This week, I bookmarked a post with 44 social media...
m-interaction

Course evaluation reflections

I've been inspired by Doug McKee (past guest on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and co-host of the Teach...
feedback-workflow

Feedback and grading workflow guest on Mac Power Users

A couple of weeks ago, I was the mini workflow guest for the Mac Power Users podcast, episode 240. Katie...
The struggle is real

The struggle is real (group projects)

I've been thinking a lot about group projects. Back in episode 25, Chrissy Spencer introduced us to the CATME team...
ease

Inviting more ease into your week

I enjoyed the conversation with Natalie Houston immensely, which aired this past week in episode #034. She reminded us all...
get moving

Let's get moving

We had a little visitor come in to my night class this week. I haven't seen students move that fast...
get moving

Let's get moving

We had a little visitor come in to my night class this week. I haven't seen students move that fast...
COMMUNICATION

Testing out a new communication tool

As anyone who has been listening to the podcast or reading this blog for a while knows, I'm a big...
assessing and tracking blogs

Assessing and tracking blogs

I made the move a few years ago in my hybrid classes to stay mostly away from discussion forum posts....