The students researched and created Mexican dishes and partook in the Mexican tradition of breaking the Pinata.
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Loading...Sra. Gates Mexican Fiesta May 2012 (Spanish 10, 20 & 30)
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Connecting Grains of Sand into Castle on Beach
We’re going into summer and many people will be near lakes and oceans. How many of you will be building sand castles? Have you ever stopped to think how many grains of sand go into just one small sand castle?
What if you were just one of those grains of sand and you were trying to pull the rest together into one of these?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to San Diego I go!
I have really exciting news: In August, I’ll be leaving UBC and Vancouver to take up the position as Associate Director of the Center for Teaching Development at UC San Diego! The new Director, Beth Simon, has gotten everyone fired up about learning how to be better instructors.…
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My friend Phil Jackson of The Black Star Project sent his email newsletter this morning. It included a story I pointed to Friday, about Education Redlining in New York City. It also included a story titled “Half of UK’s young Black males are unemployed.”…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...NATO Summit – Work Behind the Scenes
Leaders of NATO and aligned nations are in Chicago this week and will try to reach agreement on some big decisions. Do you think they do all the thinking, planning, brainstorming just while the leaders get together for a few days?…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Workshop on Effective Peer Instruction in Biology
I’m really excited to be running another peer instruction workshop with my colleague Cynthia Heiner. This time, we’re tailoring the content of the clicker questions to biology, thanks to the input (and organization) of our CWSEI colleague, Bridgette Clarkston (@funnyfishes on Twitter).…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Self-enhancement and imposter syndrome: neither is good for your teaching
I read a terrific paper this week by Jennifer McCrickerd (Drake University) called, “Understanding and Reducing Faculty Reluctance to Improve Teaching.” In it, the author lists 6 reasons why some post-secondary (#highered) instructors are not interested in improving the way they teach:
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- instructors’ self-identification as members of a discipline (sociologists, biologists, etc.)
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Last week I had the opportunity to take part in a presentation for all the prod reps in our district. The presentation ended with a focus on creating a personal professional development plan. When asked if we already had a professional development plan, I smugly raised my hand.…
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Coursera
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It has finally arrived. The new university. The first update in 500 years. And it looks really good for learning. You get the best lectures and the best materials and the best classmates in the world, for free.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Connecting Networks – Opening Silos
I spent time this weekend reading part of a report titled Next Generation of Community Revitalization, published by The Bridgespan Group. The report profiled initiatives that are bringing together many different partners in “collective efforts” aimed at solving complex problems.…
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