10th April, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
No one ever plans to be sick. No one ever thinks he or she will need to cancel class, appointments, or other commitments. But…it happens. Here are ten productive ways to be ready “just in case.”
When you record an appointment in your planner (either paper or electronic), include the person’s email address and phone number. »
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24th February, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Our global society cannot afford to lose the best minds and the best efforts, the latter of which come forth in positive, collegial environments. Thus, examining toxic academic work environments is important and timely. If you are observing any of the following, it’s time to begin the discussion around, “Are we become a toxic academic »
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28th January, 2010 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
See if this question sounds like something you might ask:
I have decided that if I am going to keep doing my job (I work at a local college), I need to get some additional help – and it needs to be more than just a student worker who I have to train each semester. I »
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5th December, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Is it better to work on only one writing project at a time – or is it better to have several different projects going on at the same time? And if you have more than one, will you ever finish any of them?
And here is a question that could be asked by a typical college »
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4th December, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Are you a math teacher? Are you a parent of a child or teen who is taking a mathematics course? If yes to either question, then I’m sure you’ve seen students struggle with word problems. It’s so frustrating to watch and we want so badly to help them.
A perennial complaint of mathematics teachers is that »
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4th November, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Why in the world would you have ‘class sets’ of dictionaries? Because that’s what everyone else does? You are smarter than that, right?
To explore that further, please answer the following questions:
Do all of the students in your class read at exactly the same level?
Does any dictionary have ALL the features, words, tools, and resources that you »
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1st November, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Are you getting ready to interview for a teaching position at a college or university (or at a K-12 institution that is wise enough to ask for a teaching demonstration? Then you may wonder how to ‘wow’ them so that you are offered the position. If you want to be sure to do an A+ »
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25th October, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
When you are creating units for students, these questions run through your mind (along with many others, I know):
What will I do to get my students excited about what I am getting ready to teach them?
How will I motivate, incite, energize, stimulate, encourage, inspire, provoke, challenge, rouse, rally, invite, titillate, engage, entice, and/or lure my »
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22nd October, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
You’ve heard the nice sayings that other people can’t make you feel bad without your permission, blah, blah, blah. Well, that sounds nice, but, anyone who has worked in a toxic environment – especially one in the academy – knows that other people really CAN make us feel horrible, or at the very least, can make »
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13th October, 2009 - Posted by Meggin - No Comments
Putting pockets into your life can make the difference between being ‘calm’ or ‘crazed.’ What are pockets? Visualize each of thefollowing to help get the concept in your mind…
Picture yourself getting an old purse or wallet out of your
closet and finding change in a pocket. You got a surprise
of some extra money!
Think about a time »
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