Tag: students
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The Medium for Your Art
I was listening to a talk about creativity and art. If you check out the past few posts, there are some about the creativity and art. I’ve quite enjoyed the challenge of these talks. It has pushed me to consider what the medium is for my artistic expression. I write.…
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A Good Class
I just finished a class tonight. It was an amazing group of students. We had a great time. We really wrestled with the issues and the theories in education. Tonight we talked about the new insights that we picked up in our time together in class. It always amazes what…
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Cultural Programming
Last week I lectured on Cultural Programming. Ever since that lecture, I have been more aware of how cultural programming really shapes your sense of self and what you do. I had this graphic up at the beginning of class, and my students just started reacting to it – based…
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Teaching Without Talking
I am a teacher. Well, I am a teacher by trade, but it is also what I am – even if I didn’t do it as a profession. I was thinking about this today – but as I teacher, I do most of my teaching by talking. I teach. I…
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Sometimes Teachers Don’t Teach Anything New
…..they just take all the things that you already know and put it together for their students in a new way. Just because you’re not learning anything new doesn’t mean that your teacher is not teaching. Teachers are teaching because they’ve been able to put things together in ways that…
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More Than Theory
In the past, I would have said that it’s easier to just teach theory. Go to class. Just teach the next chapter. Keep it theory, and I would have fulfilled the requirements of that course. Easy enough. But teaching is so much more than theory. When you teach the…
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Teaching Students vs. Teaching Subjects
This is not a new idea, but there is a difference between teaching students or teaching a subject. Teaching a subject is easier than teaching students. Knowing your subject matter and having command of the information – does not a teacher make. Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton…
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Students and Email
I have heard many people talk about how students don’t check their e mail. They talk about how they cannot get a hold of students because they never check their email. A few weeks ago, I heard Christopher S. Penn talk about how students check their email. He was involved…
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Bring Family with You
Our new students have arrived on campus. There is execitement in the air – because of the new students as well as the excitement that the new students bring. I have never seen students so excited to move in and make their beds. The past few days have been fun…
