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For PIDP 3260, assignment 5 is a digital project describing a feedback strategy that teachers can use to find out how students are doing and make changes to their course accordingly.  This is my first attempt at a PowToon presentation! … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I posted about Fear of change, describing students being resistant to learning due to underlying fears of change. Last week, in a reflective writing assignment for the PIDP 3260 course, I looked at Stephen Brookfield’s (2015) … Continue reading →

When I think of accreditation, I think of a program meeting academic standards and program requirements to produce well-educated, skilled, competent graduates. I remember in dental hygiene school when representatives of the accreditation board visited our classrooms and clinic and … Continue reading →

Remember entering the lecture hall vaguely hopeful that you would learn something? How many hours of lecture did you sit through checking the clock every five minutes and not hearing a word the prof was saying? It doesn’t have to … Continue reading →

Recently, I had a dream in which I was teaching a class of about 20 adults and no one was listening. Students were talking to each other, getting up an adjusting the radio dial (ok, the dream took place in … Continue reading →

The inevitable, dreaded interview question! I am not currently interviewing for employment but when asked to answer this question for PID 3260, I felt the interview nerves and started to answer with “hmmm……” (not recommended for interviews!)  and then did … Continue reading →

Chapter 18 of Stephen Brookfield’s (2015) The Skillful Teacher is entitled Exercising Teacher Power Responsibly.  It’s an interesting discussion about many types of power in the teaching environment from the power of the institution, to the teacher, to the students.  … Continue reading →

Assignment 2 for PID 3260 is to create a Feedback Instrument Document.  Essentially this means asking students what is working and what is not working in a course.   Chapters 3 and 4 of Brookfield’s (2015) The Skillful Teacher provide the … Continue reading →

In earlier posts I have discussed my love of running and some ways it can benefit overall and oral health. As covered in “How is Running Related to Periodontal Disease?” running is great! A quick Google search on running and … Continue reading →

After reading chapter one of Stephen Brookfield’s (2015) The Skillful Teacher, I was already feeling more hopeful about becoming the teacher I would like to be.  His candor and positive attitude put me at ease as he introduced his book … Continue reading →