by Mendi Benigni | Feb 23, 2021 | Best Practices, Collaboration, communication, Innovative Instruction
We all want our students to ask “good” questions and to dig deeper but we also know that this isn’t a skill they often come by naturally. When faced with a statement or a problem you may hear,I don’t even know where to start… OK, but now tell...
by Jessica Smith | Sep 25, 2019 | Faculty Focus, Others, Presentation, Research, TLT HD
Fear of public speaking is very common, with an estimated 1 in 4 people reporting being anxious when presenting ideas and information in front of an audience. Some folks report being more scared of public speaking than death! While fear helps to protect ourselves in...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 9, 2019 | content, Pedagogy, Research
In the early 2000s a popular lesson type was a webquest. The goal of this was to create an inquiry-oriented lesson where all of the information comes from web-based resources. This isn’t a newsletter on how to create a webquest. There is tons of information on the...
by Chris Meshanko | Dec 17, 2015 | Dear TLT, Productivity, Research
Dear TLT, I’m working with a rather complex data set, and I need to combine text from two separate columns into one. Is that possible? Sincerely, Professor James Moriarty Mathematics Dear Professor Moriarty, While it is not “elementary,” as some...
by Mendi Benigni | May 1, 2013 | 1-1-1, Faculty Technology Institute, Research
This week’s FTI Guest Blogger is Dr. Christine Finnan in Teacher Education & Anthropoplogy. Evernote was one of the many tools shared at the 2012 summer Faculty Technology Institute. I began using it after the FTI to clip articles that are relevant to my...