Life Of E's

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 [...]

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Here’s some communication from China- I love hearing from people across the world! Meggin, I really appreciate being able to view and plan to use some of your PowerPoint lessons. My husband and I are in Guangzhou, China teaching university students. My students are freshmen and sophomore English major students and while they have had 6-8 [...]

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A teacher who’s a subscriber sent me this email: “I’m a teacher and when I think about everything that has been added to the plate of today’s teacher, I wonder if it’s ever possible to just be ‘just whelmed’ again.” It’s a reality that people’s plates are “too full,” and thus pretty darn heavy. Practice [...]

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When you teach in the college classroom, it’s hard to keep track of the time.  This is true during lecture, Q & A portions, learning activities with your students, student presentations, and yes…even breaks during long classes.  You may create any number of different timers for yourself or feel free to access the ones that [...]

Tags: concentration, focus, Speaking, teaching, time, timers

Regardless of the age level of your students, you are teaching characterization of one type or another. It may be through traditional literature study or it may be through the examination and analysis of political figures. By using a list of 1001 Descriptors, some of which are shown below, you can open up words and [...]

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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