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Cellphones in the classroom
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Is PowerPoint a blessing or a curse?
This professor's class notes provide a thorough (and practical) answer that I recommend to students and professors. See also: PowerPoint creators: Tufte is right, but… Presentations and that creature called PowerPoint and How NOT to use PowerPoint for comic relief.
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Students choosing a major without advisement
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Stuff: the whole story
A 20-minute video that will surely trigger a much-needed debate in your classroom.
management
The Corporation (2003) - a documentary film
The winner of several international prizes, The Corporation is a documentary film that is a good discussion tool for business students/professors and -one would hope- professionals. It is based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan. Part 1 (with a promotional
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I care about students. Really?
My college's operational motto is "Challenge and Care". While the measure of the former can be achieved by learning outcomes and their corresponding evaluations, the measure of the latter is a little trickier. Here's the answer of an experienced teacher: The most effective answer
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Did I miss anything?
The end of summer... the beginning of classes... and questions from students that keep coming back every year... Q.: I could not be here last class, did I miss anything? A.: from a poem by Tom Wayman: but it was one place And you weren't here
Business Communication
HBS case on Wikipedia
can be found here. Related post: Wikis in Plain English
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Top three reasons to become an educator
June , July and August. ;-) However, Physicians no longer believe that children are too feeble for year-round instruction, and most school buildings now have effective ventilation systems. So why don't we go back to having school in the summertime? For one thing, it's expensive to keep
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Top 100 U.S. movies
... because movies can be a wonderful teaching tool. The American Film Institute released its 10-year anniversary list of the top 100 U.S. movies. 1. "Citizen Kane," 1941. 2. "The Godfather," 1972. 3. "Casablanca," 1942. 4. "Raging Bull," 1980. 5. "
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Adjunct discovers student eval as market survey
An established tool of student empowerment in American higher education, student evaluations are a staple in all classes at the end of each semester. A journalist-professor friend who is less than enamored of teaching caustically refers to them as “customer service.” Translation: He has been burned by his students.
management
Sutton on Pfeffer
our three greatest living academic organizational theorists are, in my opinion, The University of Michigan’s Karl Weick, Stanford’s (now retired) James March, and Jeff Pfeffer. When I say “academic,” I mean scholars who have contributed important theories and published extensively in peer reviewed academic journals. If you look