Teaching+Ideas

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Faculty Development Showcase week: Loma Linda University https://home.llu.edu/academics/academic-resources/faculty-development/faculty-development-showcase-week

Difficult dialogues https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/

Juanita College encourages professors to talk about race in the classroom https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/28/juniata-college-encourages-professors-talk-about-race-class-while-acknowledging

Teaching first-year students [this is good] https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/firstyears/

Reading primary source images like a book https://historytech.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/tip-of-the-week-reading-primary-source-images-like-a-book/

Fishbowl https://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/coop_math_bowman/bowman_fishbowl_method.pdf

Fishbowl https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/fishbowl

It's the Little Things That Count in Teaching http://chronicle.com/article/Its-the-Little-Things-That/141489/

Students and Reading http://www.magnapubs.com/blog/teaching-and-learning/students-and-reading-an-impressive-analysis/

Six Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard http://guides.library.harvard.edu/friendly.php?s=sixreadinghabits&gid=4877

Tips for connecting with your students in the first class http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/08/30/tips-connecting-your-students-first-class-essay

19 lessons learned from the start of a college teaching career http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/08/14/essay-lessons-learned-start-college-teaching-career

The Smallest Moments Make the Biggest Difference [nice article by Jeff Haden on appreciation of teachers] http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130801181218-20017018-the-smallest-moments-make-the-biggest-difference?_mSplash=1

Talking the Talk--Do Your Job Better [Good on how to deal with people not listening] http://chronicle.com/article/Talking-the-Talk/140111/?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en

Why Teachers Should be Trained Like Actors http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/07/teaching-as-acting-a-performance-profession/

Introduction to Ancient Rome, the "flipped" version http://chronicle.com/article/Introduction-to-Ancient/140475/?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en

Essay on the Need to Show Passion in Teaching http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/07/12/essay-need-show-passion-teaching

Characteristics of highly-effective teachers http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/the-27-characteristics-of-highly-effective-teachers/

Five Tips for Fostering Learning in the Classroom []

First Day of Class Activities that Create a Climate for Learning http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/first-day-of-class-activities-that-create-a-climate-for-learning/

How To Create Powerful Student-Teacher Relationships http://www.edudemic.com/2013/06/how-to-create-powerful-student-teacher-relationships/

If they can Google it, why do they need you http://historytech.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/if-they-can-google-it-why-do-they-need-you/

Googleable vs Non-Googleable Questions http://notosh.com/lab/googleable-vs-non-googleable-questions/

How to use a rubric without stifling creativity http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/how-to-use-a-rubric-without-stifling-creativity/