"I get so confused with APA"Try RefME: desktop, smartphone, tablets can help you organize AND get APA right* from the get-go with a project. Using the internet, your device's camera, doi(s), or old-school hand-entering of information, this web-based and app solution will assist in mitigating the APA headaches. *APA format is good with this solution, and I have never had one issue BUT RefME is technology, and meeting APA standards is always the responsibility of the writer/research (professor or student). "I want to look cool with my info"Infographics (online, on paper, on TedTalks) always look so "cool" and clean. They are a smart and succinct way to relay important information. They can be not-so-easy for those of us who are not graphic artists, though. There are many tools out there, and Easelly is one of them. Easy, and "cool" looking, this solution may assist in presenting information online. "Ok, so the professor expects me to know what?"Either we forgot, we never knew, or we thought we knew, but whatever the case is some professors assume/expect that some baseline experience or knowledge is present with students (especially graduate students). What happens, though, when one realizes they had a Ferris Bueller day when that important topic was covered in class? CrashCourse is a Youtube source of valuable, base-line knowledge in a number of fields. Funny videos, well researched, and not so long at all. "I have this idea in my head...."For speaking, teaching, writing, or planning mind mapping can be so helpful (especially for those who need/want to see the "big picture" at one sitting. MindMeister is an online tool to help create mind maps. Helpful for professors and students, its a fun way to take create an outline of, well, a speech, lesson, paper, or event. "This isn't history bingo!"It was a good day when the teacher took a game like Bingo, or Jeopardy and turned it into a lesson or review for the day. Kahoot can tap into that social fun that Bingo and Jeopardy did, only in an up to date sort of way. In minutes, students of all ages and levels can be engaged in a learning game!
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Students, especially adult learners, are just as busy as we (the professors) and in some cases, maybe even busier. Desire to learn doesn't go away simply because one is busy, and if a person has enrolled in a course of study, the requirements do not lessen because someone has a busy life. I was working in a jail when I was trying to complete an undergraduate degree. With 12 hours shifts, overtime, and family life, it was always great when a professor honored my time and used our shared resource (time connecting in or about class) effectively. As an educator now myself, I try to be the facilitator of knowledge or understanding while understanding the value of time. Since teaching high school (when I always had the "bottom lines" on the whiteboard, I practiced the idea of the "lecturette" or what I have heard called "Micro Lectures." Here is one example of one I use: |
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