14- The External Brain
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…
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High Hopes for the Semester, Part 3
“Can you set up the practical for me next week? I’m just not ready for it this week.” I slowly unclench my fingers from the mouse as I read this email from a student the evening before our first lab…
Flipping A & P: The Drama of Collaboration
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…
13- Clicker-ific
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…
High Hopes for the Semester, part 2
Microscopy…Arrgh! It can be a bane for many students. However, it can also be a gateway for many of them to truly understanding the material if I can only figure out how to help them reach through the fear and…
Flipping A & P: Can’t Create, Curate!
“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…
From HAPS President to Flipped-Classroom-Apprentice: Why I also ‘drank the kool-aid’
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,…
12- Does it Improve Student Learning?
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…
Flipping A&P: Flipped Day
Yesterday, September 6, was Flip Your Classroom Day: A Global Initiative. The event was sponsored by the Flipped Learning Network. Educators worldwide pledged to flip a class yesterday (or any day). In honor of Flipped Day, I decided to start my new…
High Hopes for the Semester, part 1
I spent the summer traveling and thinking about new ideas for my courses or updates or changes to current ideas for my courses. It was a time of great hope and great promise. The first week of classes was a…