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Why in the world would you have ‘class sets’ of dictionaries?  Because that’s what everyone else does?  You are  smarter than that, right? To explore that further, please answer the following questions: Do all of the students in your class read at exactly the same level?  Does any dictionary have ALL the features, words, tools, and [...]

Tags: dictionary, school, students, teachers, Teaching, vocabulary

Student evaluations are a part of every faculty member’s life. Some consider them to be a positive part of the academic life and others dismiss them as a meaningless exercise (or even worse, as a detriment to good teaching). You might as well know that I come down on the side of student evaluations being [...]

Tags: positive, Professors, students, teachers, Teaching, tips, work

One of my Life of E’s members sent in this question for today’s Email Extravaganza: When I teach, I often want to use supplemental material (or even need to because the text I use doesn’t cover something). What guidelines must I follow to ensure I’m not violating copyright? If it’s just a section of a [...]

Tags: avoid plagiarism, classroom, college, copyright infringement, fair use, guidelines, Professors, teachers

In preparing for a workshop I was doing recently entitled “Input, Throughput, Output,” where I used the metaphor of a conveyor belt, I found the greatest clipart!  It showed a guy sitting at his desk and the desk was a conveyor belt.  I want you to get that picture in your mind…and then ask yourself whether [...]

Tags: clutter, desk, educate, eliminate, organize, prepare, Productivity, Professors, reduce, teachers

I have often thought of how nice it would be if some of the people I admire had been able to take a computer chip out of their brain (and/or heart) and implant it in mine – thus saving me some of the trouble of learning about life the hard way. Alas, apparently, ’twas not [...]

Tags: Doris Mortman, Earl Nightingale, entelechy, Mildred Barthel, students, teachers, wisdom

In a recent Life of E’s Email Extravaganza, someone asked this question: Do you have suggestions for how to get the teachers I’m working with to respond to my emails with more reflection?  Without seeing specific examples of what you are sending them, all I can do is give you some general suggestions…  Keep the [...]

Tags: email, reflection, relationships, responses, teachers, timely

So here’s my first question to you, ‘With a title like Teaching: The Greatest Career on the Planet, what educator wouldn’t want to read it now?!

If there has ever been a time when teachers need to be inspired, this is it.

Tags: education, Grayson Walles, inspiration, schools, teachers, Teaching