A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #20: Take Attendance Every Class Session

Readers,

Here's another teaching tip...

When I teach face-to-face courses, I take attendance every class session. This keeps the students accountable, provides me with an opportunity to learn the students's names, and also it provides me with a few minutes of mental debriefing time before class begins.

I use the Gradekeeper program on the classroom computer and this program's spreadsheet is automatically populated with the students' information (gathered from my external drive).

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #19: Communicating with Students Via Text Messaging

Readers,

Every semester, I adopt a new teaching method. Usually, this teaching method is technology-related, but sometimes it is more focused on face-to-face student engagement. 

Text Messaging

I started TEXT MESSAGING with my students. It is amazing, because the students respond almost immediately and they are provided with an immediate response from me as well. I appreciate this mobile technology and I admit that I was not completely sold on mobile technologies for teaching, but I absolutely love this one!

Google Voice

I do not use my personal cell phone number to communicate with the students, but I use Google Voice to communicate with them. Google Voice transcribes their voice messages and also provides an automatic notification for users on iPads and iPods. This has been a great technology to adopt!

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #18 : Flipping the Classroom (Faculty Video Testimony)

Readers,

Here is an actual video testimony from a high school teacher who adopted a flipped classroom approach.

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #17 : Flipping the Classroom (Video Explanation)

Readers,

Here's a neat video focused on the FLIPPED classroom concept in college and university classrooms...

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #16 : Flipping the Classroom (Background)

Readers,

I am interested in the "flipping the classroom" concept that my husband has been referring to for the past three years. So, next semester I plan to flip my classroom, but I need some tips for the university environment! This week, you will help me gather some tips for FLIPPING my classroom! :)

Here's a neat blog post about the concept of FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM...

http://bubblyprofessor.com/2012/04/15/flipping-the-college-classroom/

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #15 : Read Teaching Tips from College Students

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #14 : Learning Outcomes (Otis College)

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #13 : Reflective Writing (Otis College)

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #12 : Integrate Items that Your Students Care About... Half Price Slushes at Sonic!

Readers,


Why am I super excited about half-price slushes at Sonic tomorrow? Yay!!! Enjoy tax day!


Take a break and visit Sonic for a nice form of refreshment during lunch or breakfast tomorrow. :)


Sincerely,


Millennial Professor

A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #11 : Leading Classroom Discussions

Readers,


I admit that I have never heard of Otis College, but they have an AMAZING Youtube Channel. Their tips are easy to follow! This tip is focused on leading classroom discussions...

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