100 Day Project – Day 57 – 8:45 p.m. “Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.” Herbert A. Simon (One of the founders of the field of Cognitive Science and […]
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100 Day Project – Day 57 – Doing
November 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 57 – Doing · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Important People, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
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100 Day Project – Day 55 – Pride
November 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 55 – Pride · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 55 – 9:26 p.m. A quote from an email a colleague sent me today as a result of her visiting one of my classes during Open Classroom Week (a week where faculty volunteer to open their classes to other faculty and staff to visit and also to visit other classrooms […]
100 Day Project – Day 54 – Pull up a chair
November 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 54 – Pull up a chair · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 54 – 9:00 pm Today was Advising Day at the community college where I work – a day to sit with your Advisor (for those students who choose to, of course), and talk about your goals, where your studies are going, how they are going, what you want to be […]
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100 Day Project – Day 52 – Interruptions
November 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 52 – Interruptions · 100 Days Project, Musings, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 52 – 9:16 pm I’m sure no one else but me is counting or cares; but if a reader is interested, I know very well that Day 52 had almost a week between it and Day 51! I can blame the crazy October snow storm for a day or two; […]
100 Day Project – Day 51 – Snow in October!
October 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on 100 Day Project – Day 51 – Snow in October! · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, family, Musings, photo of the week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 51 – 2:09 p.m. SNOW – a big snow storm in October! A snow day today! There’s much to say about the craziness of it, the no electricity, have fun talking and cleaning odd things and doing other chores that require no electricity, and hot cocoa on the sterno! But […]
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