Archive for June, 2011

Conference Attendees Share Teaching Ideas for Active Learning

Posted Thursday, June 16th, 2011 by

Explain to the students how the brain works and how it relates to the techniques I use in the classroom.

Active Learning-I ask students to use their prior experiences (interests, hobbies, coursework) in a service learning project for my class, using what they know, and connections they have been able to make, to benefit others. [...]

Post Conference Wrap-up from The Teaching Professor Ambassador

Posted Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 by

I hope everyone enjoyed the conference, I know I came away with lots of new ideas that I cannot wait to try out in my classroom. This was my sixth year of attending this conference and it keeps getting better each year. For me it started with the pre-conference workshops where every workshop had the [...]