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Nov
16
Grading Student Writing: Some Great Ideas to Try!
November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_tp/archives.html
Follow this link to The Teaching Professor archives for a great article I just re-read about grading student essays:
Incorporating process pedagogy into grading student essays, The Teaching Professor, May 2008.
Nov
13
Zamzar: File conversion monster!
November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A must-have link: http://www.zamzar.com
Ever need to convert a file (video, audio, document) to another format?
You need look no further than Zamzar. I had planned to list all the “converted from” and “converted to” formats they handle right here, but you just won’t believe the number of ways your file can be converted. Too many for [...]
Nov
11
Thursday, Nov. 12 @ 3 & 6: Don’t miss this!
November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Nov
9
Some Ways to Wrap-Up a College Course
November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here are some tips for finishing out the semester–it is almost that time!
End Notes: Distinctive Ways to Wrap-Up a College Course
May, 2008
By Margaret Walsh, Keene State College, New Hampshire
The ending of a course is worthy of greater attention than it typically receives. Endless time and energy are expended on crafting beautiful [...]
Nov
9
Should Instructors Provide Students with Complete Notes?
November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This entry was originally published on the CFD blog early last year. An issue worth repeating here.
Should Instructors Provide Students with Complete Notes?
October 6, 2008
By Maryellen Weimer
Course management software programs make it especially easy for instructors to provide students with a set of complete lecture notes. It seems that more instructors [...]
Nov
9
Top 8 Websites With Free Tests That Measure Personality Traits
November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Top 8 Websites With Cool Free Tests That Measure Your Personality Traits
Nov. 8th, 2009 By Mahendra Palsule from MakeUseOf.com
Personality TestsOnline, free personality tests have been a favorite pastime in the past two decades, beginning with the mushrooming of personality test websites and followed by the current popularity of Facebook Quizzes. Are you a navel-gazing narcissist? [...]
Nov
9
Check out these teaching articles!
November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here’s a link to the November issue of The Teaching Professor. Some great articles are here about alternative approaches to grading, other approaches to first-class-day activities, class participation, PPT based lectures, and the issue of how many tests to give.
http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_tp/23_9/news/602959-1.html
Nov
5
Sites for Free Sound Effects (from MakeUseOf)
November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The use of sound effects can make or break a project, but sometimes finding that right, good-quality piece of audio can be difficult.
Flash Kit
Flash Kit’s Sound FX page is one of the best places to download free sound effects. The site has over 7,000 royalty-free tracks available for download You can search the collection manually [...]