Flipping A & P: Synergy
I work out. I don’t particularly enjoy it, but I make myself do it for my own good. Sound in mind and body, that sort of thing. So I was in the college fitness center, using the strength training equipment,…
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I work out. I don’t particularly enjoy it, but I make myself do it for my own good. Sound in mind and body, that sort of thing. So I was in the college fitness center, using the strength training equipment,…
Now, that was unexpected. One of my “high maintenance” students – mentioned in the last blog installment – has been continuing to be an issue for me. Her exam scores have averaged 30%. She always has an excuse. “When you…
I’m on week five of my 16 week semester. It is 11:30pm and I haven’t yet solidified the activities I will do in class tomorrow…in just 9 hours. I could probably benefit from using that 9 hours to sleep…but sleep…
I really want my students to understand Anatomy and Physiology, not just memorize the terms and some factoids. So I try to design assignments that challenge them to connect ideas, delve into ramifications and apply information in new ways. When…
As some of you probably know, I got a little bit fired up about the External Brain as presented by Jon Runyon (Go Ducks) at the annual conference in Vegas this year. I have incorporated the External Brain into my…
It’s that time of the semester again, group assessment time. I’m hoping it will resolve some of the group drama that I’ve been pulled into. When I first started flipping my classes, I decided that my students would work collaboratively…
One of my biggest goals in my flipped class this semester was to improve the quality of the in-class activities that took place during “lecture”. This goal guided the workshops I attended at the annual conference in May, and I…
“Flipping sounds great, but I don’t have time to make all those videos.” That was my thought when I first heard about flipping the classroom. If this thought is keeping you from flipping, there is another way to test the…
These past two and a half months as HAPS president have been keeping me busy. I am in the midst of planning our mid-year meeting for the Board and Steering committee, assisting the Jacksonville committee for the HAPS 2014 planning,…
One of the best things about HAPS (in my opinion) is the priority it places on TEACHING and LEARNING. I was a first-timer at the annual conference in May and I felt a powerful sense of community among a diverse…