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FTLA 2010 Presentation to BoT
Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Bradley.
We had a great time yesterday presenting to the Board of Trustees. The Board was quite pleased with your work and participation in the FTLA. We had a great luncheon at Sazon afterwards and had some great swag. Post pictures of yourselves wearing your FTLA and SSI shirts on Facebook.
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Reflective Writing Number One: Student Pathway
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Bradley.
Guided Freewrite Before you start writing, please setup your account on box.net. Use this to store all of your writing and documents. Spend the next ten to fifteen minutes reflecting on your own student pathway to instructor, librarian, counselor, administrator. Use the four questions below as prompts to help you brainstorm. In chapter one of the College […]
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More About Faculty Inquiry
Posted on 06. May, 2009 by Bradley.
During the first few minutes of the video below, Brock Klein gives a great summary of faculty inquiry: Faculty Inquiry is a professional learning approach advocated by higher education institutions across the country, but it shows particularly strong development in the state of California–especially through the Carnegie and Hewlett sponsored SPECC and FIN Projects. Links […]
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Wordle.net
Posted on 23. Feb, 2009 by Bradley.
This is a great tool for anyone that uses writing within their class. Have your students analyze their essay/paper/assignment through wordle. What the site does is create a wordmap of the work. The more a word is used, the larger it is. The example given here is LATTC’s accreditation self-study. It’s a fun way to […]