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Amazing Use Of iPads To Teach Music In The Classroom

Check out this video on how this company is helping schools teach music with iPads. I'm wanting an iPad myself now!

Emotionally Intelligent Signage For The Classroom?

 

Got this from Jeff Russell on Twitter (not sure of the origin but I had to laugh!)

Merry Christmas From The Cat!

 

"I better be getting lots of Christmas presents!"

 Photo of Ti taken by James M. Maher.

Should Teachers Use Humor In The Classroom?

I'm reading this post, Should Textbooks and Teachers Be Funnier? I would agree that humor is useful in the classroom as long as it is relevant to the topic being taught and the teacher is comfortable with using humor. Humor does seem to make the classroom environment more relaxed.

 

Related posts and articles:

Using Humor in the Classroom

Using Humor in The College Classroom to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness  in "Dread Courses"

Bringing Life to Online Instruction With Humor

A Humorous Look At The Challenge Of Being Inclusive

 

 

Thought I would share this just for fun...Just goes to show how difficult a manager's job can be...Download Hr-plans-a-holiday-party-1

How To Read A Student Evaluation Of Your Teaching

I'm reading this article by Professor David D. Perlmutter (University of Iowa) on How To Read A Student Evaluation. He has lots of useful advice on how to use the feedback you get.

 

Related posts:

Evaluating your teaching

Does moving to an online evaluation system affect your teaching evals?

And...Interpreting those teaching evaluations (A little humor to make reading these more fun...)

 

Don't Try These At Home: The Worst Internet Passwords In 2011

We all struggle with what to use as a password and if you're like me, you have three or four as your "go to" passwords for many internet sites. Here's an article that lists common passwords used that thus are easy for hackers to access. The list includes: password, 123456, letmein, and trustno1. If you're using any of these, you might want to change these today.

 

Free Online Language Classes

Check out these free online classes to learn a new language (Spanish, Chinese, Italian, French...and more)

 

Tips For Students On Using Google Search More Effectively

According to a recent study on student research skills, 75 percent of students do not know how to do a well-defined online search of a given research topic. You might want to share this site with lots of tips on using Google search more effectively. 

18 Educational Apps For Your Smart Phone

Check out these apps for your smart phone including a free app to Ted Talks, Evernote's notetaking app, and an interactive grammar app with over 1800 questions to test your skills.

25 Tips For Students On How To Study For Finals

Professor Barbara Nixon (Southeastern University) shares great tips for students on how to study for final exams.

 

Related posts:

Tips for preventing cheating on exams

My solution to problem of students leaving room during exam

Teaching Carnival 5.04

Lots of interesting posts on teaching at the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Teaching Carnival 5.04 complied by Mikhail Gershovich (Baruch College, City University of New York).