IJ-SoTL: Current Issue: Volumn 5, Number 1 - January 2011

Readers,

I am excited to announce that the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning just released their FIRST issue for 2011! This issue is their fifth anniversary issue! Congratulations on such a great issue IJ-SoTL - LINK!

Here is a list of the articles featured in this issue:

*Thanks IJ-SoTL!


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

Feature Essays

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Personal Account and Reflection
Lee Shulman (Consultant)

Getting There: An Integrative Vision of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Pat Hutchings (Carnegie Foundation), Mary Taylor Huber (Carnegie Foundation) & Tony Ciccone (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Invited Essays on SoTL

Invited Essays on SoTL Scholarship of Teaching and Teachers' Understanding of Subject Matter
Keith Trigwell (University of Sydney)

Current Perspectives on SoTL
Lorraine Stefani (University of Auckland)

Keeping the Scholarship in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Heather Kanuka (University of Alberta)

The Unscholarly Use of Numbers in Our Assessment Practices: What Will Make Us Change?
Chris Rust (Oxford Brookes University)

Making Your Case: Ten Questions for Departments and Individuals Building an Argument for Work in Discipline-Centered Education
Brian Coppola (University of Michigan) Research Articles

Know Thy Audience: Helping Students Engage a Threshold Concept Using Audience-Based Pedagogy
Rebecca Pope-Ruark (Elon University)

In-class Reflective Group Discussion as a Strategy for the Development of Students as Evolving Professionals
Annetta K. L. Tsang (University of Queensland)

Improving Group Functioning in Solving Realistic Problems
Sassan Asgari & Gloria Dall'Alba (University of Queensland)

What's Stalling Learning? Using a Formative Assessment Tool to Address Critical Incidents in Class
H. Brooke Hessler (Oklahoma City University) & Amy Rupiper Taggart (North Dakota State University)

Inquiry Learning: Level, Discipline, Class Size, What Matters?
Susan Vajoczki, Susan Watt & Michelle M. Vine (McMaster University), Xueqing (Rose) Liao (University of Toronto)

Developing a Statistically Valid AND Practically Useful Student Evaluation Instrument
Jeff Skowronek, Bruce Friesen, & Heather Masonjones (University of Tampa)

The Influence of Tech-Savvyness and Clicker Use on Student Learning
Jennifer A. Zapf & Adolfo J. Garcia (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay)

Exploring the Variation in First Year Undergraduates' Induction into Their Academic Disciplines
Min Yang, Beverley Joyce & Michael Prosser (University of Hong Kong)

The Potential for Teaching Quantitative Reasoning across the Curriculum
Nathan Grawe (Carleton College)

Business as Usual: Business Students' Conceptions of Ethics
Anna Reid (University of Sydney), Paul Taylor & Peter Petocz (Macquarie University)

The Power of Fiction: Reading Stories in Abnormal Psychology
Adrian S. Janit, Georgina S. Hammock & Deborah S. Richardson (Augusta State University)

What Really Matters: Assessing Individual Problem-Solving Performance in the Context of Biological Sciences
William L. Anderson, Cheryl A. Sensibaugh, Marcy P. Osgood & Steven M. Mitchell (University of New Mexico)

Preparing Medical Students to Undertake a Cultural Immersion Experience: Introducing Frameworks for Preparatory and Post-immersion Activities
Donna Mak, Rashmi Watson & John Hadden (University of Notre Dame, AU)

Engineering Research Teams: The Role of Social Networks in the Formation of Research Skills for Postgraduate Students
Kaylene Sampson & Keith Comer (University of Canterbury)

Impact of Giving Students a Choice of Homework Assignments in an Introductory Computer Science Class
Steven Fulton & Dino Schweitzer (United States Air Force Academy)

Examining Classroom Negotiation Strategies of International Teaching Assistants
Gwendolyn M. Williams (University of Nevada, Reno)

Essays About SoTL

Which Way to SoTL Utopia?
John Draeger (Buffalo State College) & Linda Price (Open University, UK)

The Relationship between Scholarly Teaching and SoTL: Models, Distinctions, and Clarifications
Michael K. Potter & Erika Kustra (University of Windsor)

Lighting Up the Mind: Transforming Learning Through the Applied Scholarship of Cognitive Neuroscience
Daniel J. Glisczinski (University of Minnesota-Duluth)

Broadening Conceptions of What Constitutes Knowledge and Evidence in SoTL
Sharon Thomas (University of Tasmania)

Window Shopping: Fashioning a Scholarship of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning
Colleen M. Tremonte (Michigan State University)

Bridging the Gap from Skills Assessment and Problem-Based Learning: Lessons from the Coalface of Scholarly Engagement with Curriculum Development
Bill Boyd (Southern Cross University)

Going to the Balcony: Two Professors Reflect and Examine Their Pedagogy
Linda J. Searby (University of Alabama at Birmingham) & Jenny S. Tripses (Bradley University)

Mapping the Field of Statistics Education Research in Search of Scholarship
Linda van der Merwe & Annette Wilkinson (University of the Free state)

IJ-SoTL Reviewers: Getting SoTL Articles Published

On Publishing SoTL Articles
Trent Maurer (Georgia Southern University)

What Makes a Great Article for IJ-SoTL
Patricia Rogers (Bemidji State University)

What Makes for a High Quality SoTL Research Article?
John Tagg (Consultant)

Exemplary Dissemination: Sowing Seed in IJ-SoTL
Nicola Simmons (University of Waterloo)

What Makes for a High Quality IJ-SoTL Research Article?
Lorraine Stefani (University of Auckland)

Identifying High Quality SoTL Research
Jeffrey L. Bernstein (Eastern Michigan University)

A Great Resource - "Welcome to Teaching Media" Website

Readers,

If you teach media courses or if you integrate media literacy in any of your courses, here is a great website for you - "Welcome to Teaching Media". This website is a collaborative resources that facilitates the exchange of college teaching resources among faculty and those interested in media.

What a great resource!

Sincerely,

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

» Blog Archive » Texas A&M Launches Social Media Scavenger Hunt Texas A&M News & Information Services

Readers,

This should be VERY interesting! Texas A&M University is launching a campus-wide scavenger hunt! According to the A&M News and Information Services website (LINK):

Texas A&M University is teaming up with The Collegiate Licensing Company to launch a first-of-its-kind campus-wide social media scavenger hunt using smart phones. The scavenger hunt, scheduled for Jan. 25-26, is designed to encourage the university’s nearly 50,000 students to explore their 5,200-acre campus as never before—and reward those checking into campus destinations using their smart phones.

What a great idea! Recently, I started using Four Square and I plan to visit each of the locations on the TAMU campus very soon!

Does your university have a similar program?

Sincerely,

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

Emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011

Readers,

I love the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies website, because they feature A LOT of great ideas (which are released on a daily basis). Today's great idea was the "Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 List".

Check it out!

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

Freebie Wednesday! - Save Money on Post-It Notes for Class!

Readers,

I love purchasing items for my students to use in the classroom. This includes candy, school supplies, and other motivational giveaways. One giveaway that works very well for college students is Post-It notes! We use them for activities and the college students use them for labeling their book chapters! I wait until these items go on sale and I purchase them with coupons (like the one in the link below).

Save $1.00 Off Any Post-It Super Sticky Notes Purchase of $2.00 Or More - http://www.3m.com/us/office/postit/promos/201007_ss/supersticky_coupon.pdf?WT.mc_ev=clickthrough&WT.tsrc=email&&WT.mc_ID=6370556-18044590

Enjoy!

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

New Issue Released - International Journal on Multicultural Education

Readers,

I am on the board for the International Journal on Multicultural Education and we just released a new issue! Here's a letter from our editor...

Dear IJME Readers:

We are pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 20010 issue (Vol.
12, No. 2) of the International Journal of Multicultural Education. We
invite you to review the Table of Contents here and visit the journal site
(www.ijme-journal.edu) for full text free of charge.

We ask you to spread the news to others who may be interested in using the
content or submitting their work to this free online publication. We would
also like to invite you and your colleagues to volunteer as reviewers. If
you have not registered yourself as a reviewer, you may update your profile
once you log in to the journal.

Thanks for your continuous interest in and support of our work.

Respectfully,

IJME Editors and Heewon Chang, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, IJME

International journal of multicultural education
Vol 12, No 2 (2010): Open Theme Issue
Table of Contents
http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme/issue/current

Articles (Peer-reviewed)
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Biculturalism and Multiculturalism: Competing Tensions in Visual Arts
Education in Aotearoa-New Zealand
        Jill Elizabeth Smith

"He said it all in Navajo!": Indigenous Language Immersion in Early
Childhood Education
        Louise Lockard

Teaching Practices in Mexico: A Way to Understand Mexican English Learners
in the United States
        Marcela de Souza

The Scholarship Informing the Practice:  Multicultural Teacher Education
Philosophy and Practice in the U.S.
        Paul Cameron Gorski


Praxis Articles (Peer-reviewed)
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Immersion and Identity: Experiences of an African American Preschool Child
        Ruanda Garth McCullough,        Sharon Adelman Reyes

Whose immigration story?: Attending to hidden messages of material in
social studies
        Eleni Oikonomidoy,      Gwendolyn Williams

Culturally Relevant Teaching in Science Classrooms: Addressing Academic
Achievement, Cultural Competence, and Critical Consciousness
        Gloria Boutte,  Charlease Kelly-Jackson,        George Lee Johnson


Professional Book Reviews (Section Editor: Carol Kennett)
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 Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited: China, Japan, and the United States
 by J. Tobin, Y. Hsueh, and M. Karasawa
        Eric J Johnson

 Dreams Deferred: Dropping out and struggling forward  by C. Carger
        Brandon E Lewis

 Interrogating Privilege: Reflections of a Second Language Educator  by S.
Vandrick
        Hoi Yuen Chan

 Teaching Adolescents Religious Literacy in a Post-9/11 World  by R. Nash
and P. Bishop
        Matthew W. Peterson


Art Review (Section Editor: Hwa Young Choi Caruso)
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Photos Cartographic Imagery in Contemporary Art
        Dr. Hwa Young Caruso


Multimedia Reviews (Section Editor: John Caruso, Jr.)
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Film Reviews Fall 2010 Caruso
        Dr. John Caruso, Jr.

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

Free Chick-Fil-A Simulcast on January 28th! - Great for Leadership, Communication, and Business Classes!

GiANT Impact would like to invite you to experience our leadership content during a FREE 2-hour simulcast on January 28!

Join renowned author and psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud and learn concepts straight from his newest book, Necessary Endings, to be released this month:

• Know when to have realistic hope and when to execute a "necessary ending" in a business, or with an individual;
• Identify which employees, strategies, projects, activities, and relationships are worth nurturing and which are not;
• Overcome resistance to change and create change that works;
• Create urgency and an action plan for what's life or death to the business;
• Change the business' culture from stuck to moving ahead;
• Stop wasting resources needed for things that really matter.

Register today to receive the FREE link to the Necessary Endings Simulcast, broadcast LIVE on January 28 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST. Also available on-demand from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST.
Don't forget to invite your friends!

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

Service Learning - Celebrate MLK Day By Serving Your Community!

Readers,

I realize that a majority of you have not started classes yet, but today is MLK Day! Celebrate MLK day by visiting the following websites to learn about the creat service opportunities that are available around your area on this day!

Here's a letter from Mr. Marco Davis, Director of Public Engagement for the Corporation for National and Community Service:

*Thanks National Service Press Office!

Dear Service Leaders,

Thanks to so many of you, the momentum of the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is building, and results will be extraordinary!

Across the nation, thousands of organizations will honor Dr. King and mark the 25th anniversary of his holiday by bringing Americans together in service to meet community needs.

As we go into the final stretch, we want to remind you of a few key things that will help ensure that the 2011 MLK Day is a great success.

Let Us Know Your Results:

• Tell us about your MLK Day project and how you made a difference using our Share Your Story tool (http://mlkday.gov/share/index.php).  Be sure to include not only the number of volunteers but also any facts or statistics about your project's impact (e.g. number of meals delivered, schools beautified, food packages assembled, homes weatherized, etc).  Include any involvement of elected officials, including service participation or proclamations issued. Your answers will help us highlight the many powerful ways Americans are honoring Dr. King through service.

Use Social Media:

• Like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/MLKDay

• Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mlkday and include the #MLKDay hashtag in your tweets

• Share your project photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlkday/

Resources for You:

Our MLKDay.gov website has many helpful resources to make sure your project goes off without a hitch including tips on final preparations, an event checklist, talking points, media tips and more.

We are about to unveil an extremely moving new MLK 25th anniversary video featuring Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Joseph Lowery, former Senator Harris Wofford and other civil rights and service leaders reflecting on Dr. King's legacy of service.  This video is perfect to show at your MLK Day of Service event. Look for it soon on MLKDay.gov, and use it to inspire your volunteers. 

To mark the 25th anniversary of the holiday, and to continue the momentum for the MLK Day of Service throughout the year, we are launching the MLK 25 Challenge: What Are you Doing for Others?  This initiative calls on Americans to honor Dr. King by pledging to take at least 25 actions during 2011 to make a difference for others and strengthen our communities.  Stay tuned for more details on MLKDay.gov.

Thanks again for all your hard work, and best of luck with all your planned activities.  We can’t wait to see the impact of your efforts.

In service,

Marco A. Davis

Director of Public Engagement

Corporation for National and Community Service

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

"Ask a Millennial Professor" Friday - "How Do You Grade on Blackboard Using the iPad?"

Readers,

Happy "Ask a Millennial Professor" Friday! Here's this week's question:

Hi Dr. Edwards,

I recently came across your experiences with the iPad in the college classroom.  I am a college professor as well and was very excited about not only the integration of the iPad in the higher education classroom but the usefulness for me personally. I must say, though, I  never purchased the iPad personally as I was not able to access and grade papers through Blackboard (my son has one).  I could get on Bb, but couldn't see all student submissions or open them.  However, I noticed you mention that you use the iPad to grade through Bb.  I was hoping you would enlighten me...I must be missing something obvious?

Thanks,

[Name of Professor], Ed. D

Sent from my iPhone

Here's my response:

Dr. [Name of Professor],

Thank you for your question! Currently, our university uses Blackboard (CE Enterprise License - Release 8.0). This particular version of blackboard is very compatible with the iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch (which my students use before and after class). I am able to see their submissions (which emerge in another window) and I am able to grade their submissions in an additional window. Now, I know that my last statement may seem a little "window" heavy, but the iPad is the multitasking machine!

To help with the large number of attachments that can emerge from each of your online and hybrid classes, I recommend that you have your students create a Google Documents account and submit their papers via Google. This has helped my grading process become a little less time consuming since I can grade on the go!

Thank you for your e-mail!

Sincerely, 

J. Edwards

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

A New CourseSmart App for Students AND Professors!

  

Readers,


Over the holidays, I received an e-mail from CourseSmart. This e-mail promoted the company's new, free iPad/iPod application. In addition to the e-mail, I visited the company's blog and found an entry titled, "Getting the Most from Your Tablet".

Here's the information...

*Thanks CourseSmart Blog (http://coursesmart.info/blog/)! 

So, you got a tablet this holiday, and you can’t wait to take it back to school. While access to email, Facebook, and endless amounts of games are great, how can you really get the most of your new gadget this semester? Well, we’ve got a few tips to help you get the most from your device, and keep you at the top of your class.

Don’t judge a tablet by its cover.

Having a cool case for your tablet not only protects the device, but also serves as an extension of your personality. Companies like InCase offer cases in a variety of colors, materials and even patterns. But, why not make your case work a little harder? Cases with integrated Bluetooth keyboards are now hitting the market. Kensington recently released the KeyFolio for iPad, and Brando followed suit with a Bluetooth keyboard folio for the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Keep organized and carry on.

Coursework can get overwhelming very quickly if you aren’t prepared for the onslaught of essays, exams, projects and presentations. Keep your school life, and personal life organized by taking advantage of your tablets built-in calendar app. Color-coding classes, or projects, setting reminders and alerts will help keep you on top of everything happening this semester. Need some heavy duty organization? Check out web-based calendars like Google Calendar or Mozilla Sunbird. Both calendars offer the ability to create a highly organized calendar with the added bonus of being available to you anytime, anywhere on any web accessible device. A newer player in the organization game is Scrybe. Scrybe is a web-based organizer that offers all of the functions of a regular online calendar plus, thought-sharing, list building and research assistance. Perfect for those team projects you will be tackling this semester!

Ditch the paper! Save your back and the environment.

Try something new this semester by purchasing eTextbooks instead of the old print versions. Not only are you eliminating the need to carry around those heavy textbooks, but you are also being green and saving some trees. Taking advantage of apps like CourseSmart’s new iPad app lets you view your textbook anytime, anywhere, and can save you some money as well. With features like highlighting, searching and printing, you can still mark up and even have print copies of the info you need most. Just grab your tablet as you head off to class for the day, and you’ve got all of your textbooks in one, easy to carry place!

Never miss a detail.

Once you’ve gotten your hands on a case with a keyboard and your eTextbooks loaded, you’re ready to tap out class notes like a pro, right? Well, even the pros could use a little help once in a while. If you decide to go paperless with your tablet this semester using a note taking or highlighting app can help you keep all of your class notes in order without having to carry around loads of binders or notebooks. New apps like Note Hub allow you to view multiple items at once, and you can even mark them up and take notes on them. You can easily view a textbook, notepad and calculator on one screen so you can tackle that crazy stats homework. You can even adjust the size of the items making the textbook larger so you can read the text, while still being able to use the calculator and write things down. Don’t let note taking for web research get you down. Many browsers now have compatible web highlighter add-ins that allow you to create persistent highlights, add sticky notes, and even share your highlights with friends.

Now that we’ve got you started with some tips to help you get the most out of your tablet (and your education) this semester, you’ll be taking better notes, studying smarter and saving a ton of time.

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

SAGE Open - A New Program from Sage Publications

Dear Reader,


I hope you are having a great break (or a calm before next week's storm)! Over the break, I received this e-mail about a new service from SAGE publications. Please let me know what you think!


Sincerely,


J. Edwards

SAGE is extending you a special invitation to be among the first to publish in SAGE Open – our new open access publication launching January 1, 2011.

SAGE Open will publish peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. Find out more at www.sageopen.com.

Why publish in SAGE Open?

• Quick review and decision times for authors
• Speedy, continuous-publication online format
• Global distribution of your research via SAGE Journals Online, including enhanced online features such as: public usage metrics, comments features, subject categories, and article ranking and recommendations
• Professional copyediting and typesetting of your article
• $195 introductory author acceptance fee (discounted from the regular price of $695)

Consider publishing in SAGE Open if you want your article to receive:

• Quality reviews and efficient production, ensuring the quickest publication time
• Free, broad, and global distribution on a powerful, highly discoverable publishing platform
• Branding and marketing by a world-leading social science publisher, including promotion of your article via publicity and social media channels
• Open access publication due to university or government mandates

Manuscript submissions will be handled online through SAGE Track, SAGE's web-based peer review and submission system, powered by ScholarOne Manuscripts™.

Bookmark http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sageopen — manuscripts may be submitted starting January 1, 2011. Click here for full manuscript submission guidelines.

Sincerely,

Bob Howard
Director, Social Science Journals

Please direct any inquiries to sageopen@sagepub.com 

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

My First Visit to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Readers,


Good morning! I am having a great time in Austin, TX at the TACUSPA board meeting. Yesterday, we visited the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and we searched through over 85 years of TACUSPA history. We found some AMAZING items ranging from notepads created in the 1940s to conference books from the 1980s. Amazing information!


We were all responsible for a box (or two) of material and we had to write down information pertaining to past TACUSPA conferences. This information included the dates, location, themes, and keynote speakers. My TASK for the next few days will be to type all information we gathered pertaining to the conferences in a Google Document.


This was an amazing opportunity that I was glad to share with some amazing leaders from across the state of Texas!


Although this facility is about four hours away from my university, this would be a great opportunity for undergraduate students to discover Texas State History (or the history of your state). You would have to call the facility in advance, but they are very friendly and I think undergraduate students would benefit greatly from this experience!


Sincerely,


J. Edwards


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

My Goals for 2011! - Five Simple Things to Make Me Happy!

Readers,

I finally decided to write my New Year's goals for 2011 on my blog!

New Year's Goal #1 - To write at least one journal article every two months.


New Year's Goal #2 - To read at least one non-fiction book a week.


New Year's Goal #3 - To promote my blog and to gain at least 50 additional followers.
(I will need some help with this one).


New Year's Goal #4 - To promote my business and to gain at least 5 additional speaking engagements this year.


New Year's Goal #5 - To lose at least 10 pounds by next December (to accomplish this, I am giving up bread for Lent and beyond)...

That's it! Just five! We shall revisit this in December 2011! If you can help me accomplish ANY of my goals, please let me know! :) No bread please. :)

Sincerely,

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

Ask a Millennial Professor Friday - Youtube and Classroom-Based Public Speaking

Readers,


I received this question via e-mail this week:

Jennifer,

How did you get your UTube account for your class? I want to use a flip camera and tape the student speeches in Public Speaking, then load them up to an account that the students can access. I will then have them do self-evaluations and peer-evaluations."

[Name of Sender]

Here's my reply:


Hello Sender!


Okay - Here's the skinny on Youtube. Anyone can create the account, but here's the scary part. I have the students upload their own speeches on Youtube and the students make their links private (only available to the people they add). As for the speech competition (last year), the students for which we uploaded videos had to give us written permission to do so. A lot of the students do not want to have their speeches available to the public. Just ask them... maybe they are a little different.


I think the self-evaluations are an awesome teaching tool, but there are some privacy issues as well. :( Let me know what you think!


Sincerely,


Jennifer


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

Digital Literacy - A Short Video to Help Millennial College Students Learn About Identity Theft on the Internet

Readers,

Good morning! I thought that this video was very interesting. Although I tend to release a significant amount of information online, I try to protect the "important information" (like the information in this video).

I think it would be a good practice to show this video to our students. It provides a great history of the social security number process and the video gives the viewer a good sense of what potential damage can be done when people release personal information on the internet.

What do you think?

Sincerely,

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

Post-it® Keep Organization Simple

Readers,

Are you preparing for the Spring 2011 semester? One of my favorite products to use in my office are Post-it brand tabs! I use a sharpie marker to write the appropriate label on each tab and affix the tab to my textbook (to identify each chapter). This is definitely more effective than regular Post-it notes which tear and are not water resistant.

Try a free sample of Post-it durable tabs! - LINK.

Enjoy!

Post-it® Keep Organization Simple

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

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - IJTLHE New Issue: 22(1)

Readers,


As all of you know, I LOVE reading journal articles for fun! Well, it IS fun to discover effective ways to use technology and to use new teaching methods in the classroom. Here is a list of articles from the recent issue of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Enjoy! 


Here's the link to the journal - http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/current.cfm


Balancing Theory and Practical Work in a Humanoid Robotics Course
» » Krister Wolff; Mattias Wahde;

———
Co-Creating Metaphor in the Classroom for Deeper Learning: Graduate Student Reflections
» » Ashlee Cunsolo Willox; Sherilee Harper; Dawson Bridger; Stephanie Morton; Ariella Orbach; Silvia Sarapura;

———
Developing an Undergraduate Global Citizenship Program: Challenges of Definition and Assessment
» » Jill Sperandio; Magdalena Grudzinski-Hall; Hannah Stewart-Gambino;

———
Exploring Leadership as a Phenomenon in an Educational Leadership Paper: An Innovative Pedagogical Approach Opens the Unexpected
» » David Giles; Michele Morrison;

———
How Prepared are the U.S. Preservice Teachers to Teach English Language Learners?
» » Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu; Trudie Hughes;

———
Inquiry Based Method: A Case Study to Reduce Levels of Resistance
» » Shirley Mthethwa-Sommers;

———
Introducing Students to Ways of Thinking and Acting Like a Researcher: A Case Study of Research-led Education in the Sciences
» » Krisztina Valter; Gerlese Akerlind;

———
Linking Communalism to Achievement Correlates for Black and White Undergraduates
» » Kenneth Tyler; Keisha Love; Carrie Brown; Clarissa Roan-Belle; Denela Thomas; Patton Garriott;

———
Master’s Degree “Educating in Diversity” (MDED): Toward Inclusion Education Quality
» » Olga M. Alegre; Luis M. Villar;

———
Performance Assessment: Lessons from Performers
» » Kelly A. Parkes;

———
Perspective-Taking in Structured and Unstructured Online Discussions
» » Scott Chadwick; Ekaterina Ralston;

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

Update Your Calendars - 2011 Days of Service

This is my FAVORITE calendar company!\

Readers,

Please do not forget to update your calendars to include the 2011 Days of Service! :)

These are the days of service for 2011 (courtesy of the One Star Foundation: The Texas Center for Social Impact):

January 2011 - National Mentoring Month
January 17, 2011 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 10-16, 2011 - National Volunteer Week
April 15-17, 2011 - National and Global Youth Service Day
May 7, 2011 - Join Hands Day
May 7-14, 2011 - AmeriCorps Week
September 11, 2011 - September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

October 23, 2011 - Make a Difference Day

Enjoy!

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

Adopt This Technology! - An Online Egg Timer for In-Class Activities and Presentations!

Readers,

As a speech teacher, I always have a timer in my briefcase. Sometimes the timer becomes a distraction because it constantly beeps as I walk across campus. To solve this small problem and to help me reach my time management goals for 2011, I plan to use the Online Egg Timer. This awesome program enables users to have THREE timers running at one time! Amazing! My regular kitchen timer only has TWO timers.

Here are five ways to use this program:

1. Timing in-class group activities on the data projector.

2. Grading papers in 30 minute segments (first timer) and then allowing yourself to have a five minute break (second timer).

3. Timing student speeches and the time between the speeches.

4. Hosting in-class consultation sessions with students (about their papers or presentations) and limiting the consultation sessions to only five to seven minutes per paper.

5. Giving the students a one-minute mental break in class.

I hope these ideas help you! Let me know if you have any additional ideas and I will add them to the list!

Sincerely,

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