Top 7 Classroom Tips – Of Course I want an A!
Tom, Melissa, and Sabina wrote a book about college students and how to succeed. I wish I had this book when I started college. There are so many great tips to learn from it. Today, let’s highlight the top 7 classroom tips on how to succeed academically. Tip #1: Making friends in class It is […]
3 Ways to Foster Learning and Comfort in Your Group #50Meetups
Sometimes, when I visit a meetup for our #50Meetups project, I feel a little like a spy. To get a real feel for how the group functions, I have to act as a participant, not a researcher. No, I do not knit, or do origami. But I DO care about why your group members keep […]
Travel Journal: Human Connection
Silent. Wide eyed. Breathless. Inspired. So high up above what felt like a completely different world, I stood alone. Getting to the top tells a much different story. I felt the ground crunch beneath my feet with each passing step. I could feel the wind pass through the trees that each rose what looked like miles above […]
Why ‘Disney’s Lion King’ Perfectly Explains Life
Outside of the brilliant animation work and the lovable characters, The Lion King (the first one primarily), highlights valuable lessons people, particularly leaders, should always work to remember. Yes, it might be a Disney movie, but these African animals represent so much more. WARNING, SPOILERS AHEAD. The Future Simba, the future king of Pride Rock, has […]
Learning Can Be Spontaneous and Unexpected
Spontaneous learning recently occurred for one of my resident assistants when she had to deal with a tough situation. When everyone was freaking out, she remained calmed and handled the situation by calling who she needed to call to get the individuals the help they needed. While she had been previously trained through mock situations […]
How an Art Class Taught Me About Life
I had a great academic advisor at Fordham. He helped me create schedules that “double (or triple!) dipped” with all the requirements for my degree. This meant that by my junior year, I was taking 4 classes a semester. By senior year, I managed to take 3 a semester, making sure to choose the 4 […]
It’s Time To Go – Nicole’s Internship Wrap Up
Where do I even start? In no way did I ever imagine this internship turning out the way it did. I have no clue what I will end up doing for my career, but this internship was an amazing choice. Not only did it allow me to take a peek at the student affairs professional’s […]
I Feel Dumb
And I love it. One of the primary reasons I left my long-time position at Quantum Learning Network is because I did not know how to get much better there. I had reached a point where it felt like I was hitting the ball as solid as I could. It felt really good, but I […]
If Teachers Talked Six Minutes Less Per Lesson…
Ruhl, K. L., Hughes, C. A., & Schloss, P. J. (1987, Winter). Using the pause procedure to enhance lecture recall. Teacher Education and Special Education, 14-18. In this study an instructor paused for two minutes on three occasions during each of five lectures: the intervals ranged from 12 to 18 minutes. During the pauses, while […]