ITC: 86 – Time to Toss Out Disposable Assignments
Aren’t you tired of grading piles of essays that will be thrown away when returned? Well, students are also tired of writing them. Time to get rid of disposable assignments.
ITC: 85 – Why and How You Should Use Wikipedia in the Classroom
Admit it, you are a closet Wikipedia user. You use it for your personal informal research projects but you won’t let your students use it. Time to weave Wikipedia in… Read more »
ITC: 84 – The Active Teaching and Learning Strategy That Has Had the Most Impact on Me
Would you rather discuss your course content than lecture it? Well, here is a strategy I picked up almost 40 years ago as a student at the United States Air… Read more »
ITC: 83 – How to Effectively Use Chalkboards, Blackboards, and Whiteboards in Your Classroom
According to some research articles I found, there is no learning difference between using PowerPoint and writing on the chalkboard. But learning is improved when you use them together.
ITC: 82 – How to Use Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Classroom
I noticed that over the past 81 episodes I had mentioned Bloom’s Taxonomy in at least ten different episodes. It is time we talked about Bloom’s Taxonomy.
ITC: 81 – Using Information Recall Strategies in Your Classroom
If you want students to retain the content you are teaching past the final exam, you should weave information retention and recall strategies into your classrooms. Adding these different strategies… Read more »