Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? After a couple of exhausting weeks of grading midterm exams, and with the final weeks of the semester looming large, faculty members may be wondering (aloud or not), “How am I going to get through to the end?” A corollary to this plaintive cry is, “How are my students …
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Oct 22 2020
SIP 12.10 Prioritizing Self-Care
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Educators and students adjusting to remote learning are encouraged to prioritize new ways to incorporate self-care into their daily routine. Teaching is an intensive job, and especially during the pandemic, prioritizing self-care to become a habit is increasingly important for all teachers. Working and learning from home can be …
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Oct 15 2020
SIP 12.9 Using UDL in Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Classes
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework or way of approaching teaching and learning that focuses on providing diverse opportunities for learning to all students, removing barriers, honoring students’ strengths and unique learning styles, and meeting their needs equally. Approaching teaching and learning in this way benefits all students, not …
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Oct 08 2020
SIP 12.8 Helping Students Prepare to Vote in the November Election
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Voting is the cornerstone of the democratic process. Regardless of whether a person considers voting a right, a privilege or a duty, the act of casting a ballot is constitutionally protected and allows each of us to help create the laws of the land and choose the representatives who …
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Oct 01 2020
SIP 12.7 Digital Social Annotation
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Do you struggle with making readings come alive and be relevant to students’ lives and future professional communities? Do you hear that required readings are overwhelming, too dense and/or difficult to understand? Do you wonder if your students complete their required readings? Do you wish your students could contribute …
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Sep 17 2020
SIP 12.5 Trauma-informed Pedagogy
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Although trauma-informed pedagogy is becoming a new buzzword in educational circles, the concept behind it has been around for a long time. “Trauma-informed practices” means a set of practices, policies and procedures that support and address the learning needs of children impacted by trauma, as well as address secondary …
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Sep 10 2020
SIP 12.4 Inspire Lifelong Learning Using 1 Book/1 Project/2 Transform
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Faculty members want to promote ideals such as curiosity, lifelong learning and open-mindedness. Sometimes, though, the textbooks we choose seem to have an almost-opposite goal: They may be narrowly focused, ruthlessly structured and blinkered in their approach. Of course, these textbooks serve their purpose and often serve it well …
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Sep 03 2020
SIP 12.3 Building Community Online
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Despite all the anxiety and discomfort at closing schools in March due to COVID-19, there was one bright spot in the move to emergency remote teaching and learning: At least face-to-face (and other) classes had met for the first half of the spring semester, so a community had been …
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Aug 27 2020
SIP 12.2 Setting Equitable Expectations for Synchronous Class Sessions
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? As we go into our first full semester with synchronous (online and live) and asynchronous (online but not live) instruction, many of us are struggling to figure out our expectations and equitable assessment methods for students who attend synchronous (online and live) classes with us. We are also struggling …
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