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On TED.com, filmed July 2009 and posted October 2009. Talgam, a former conductor, describes the "unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders."

TM posted, with the message, "I think you would enjoy this video and it's implications for how we can inspire our students to learn."

By Richard Kahlenberg, Innovations column, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 26 2012. Kahlenberg looks at the recent New York Times article about CUNY's New Community College (see tag ncc) with a critical eye, identifying both some positives and some potential negatives.

By Richard Perez-Pena, Education section, New York Times, July 20 2012. This article profiles the New Community College, CUNY's newest 2-year college, set to begin classes in September 2012. The school has been developed to test several leading theories of how to make community colleges better, including stricter requirements, no remedial classes per se (but all include a remedial component), experiential and collaborative work, and much greater student support. See tag ncc for related articles.

Our August launch meeting will be held on the New Community College campus; here is more about what makes the New Community College "new."

The Innovating Pedagogy blog is a forum for Open University to distribute their Innovating Pedagogy 2012 report (click on report for a PDF download) and also for each of the 10 innovations to be described and commented on by the larger community.

A great compilation of web-based resources, listed by topic and ranging from copyright issues or diversity resources to teaching and learning resources and highlighted Teaching Resource Centers.

Impact evaluations are important because they provide evidence about what works and does not work. It looks at what caused the improvement, or lack there of. This article from the Center for Effective Philanthropy talks about evaluation from the policy, practice, as well as philanthropy perspective.

Posted by the Writing Services division of the Student Success Center at St. Louis University. These "10 Myths" try to help students understand that re-writes, feedback, and "writer's block" are facts of life for all of us -- not just for "bad" writers. Other myths are explored as well, all in the interests of making students more comfortable with the process.

TM shared in the coffee klatch.

Created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1997; revised in 2002. This document provides a background on the metrics system.

In a discussion of how to make math more palatable, AH pointed out that we would have very little use for fractions if we (Americans) adopted the metrics system.

By Barbara Fine Clouse; published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010 (6th edition).

DS recommends this book to help developmental English students dispel the myth that they are bad writers and will always be bad writers.

Performed by Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, posted to youtube.com, performed March 1999, posted March 2012.

SF mentions this song as another example of how it is acceptable and okay to be unable to do math -- and how she would like to change that attitude.

By Tom Archedeacon, Dayton Daily News, July 22, 2012. Profile of Kayla Harrison, a Dayton native and favorite in judo. In addition to the rigorous training that it takes to get to the top, Harrison also had to deal with ongoing sexual abuse from the coach she had as a teen. Eventually, Harrison testified against her predator.

Not only a local hero to SS, Harrison was his student (at the time, he taught high school) at roughly the same time she was dealing with her abusive coach.

This site, run by teacher Jennie Dougherty, tries to connect edtech start-ups with faculty for real-life user testing.

If you are interested in participating in user tests of new educational technology, contact Dougherty via this website.

Published by Noodle Education (July 2012), an excellent "lay-person" explanation of API, along with a list of the the 10 best education-related APIs (according to Noodle). This page also has a link to Noodle's full directory of education-related APIs.

A PDF posted on the University of Oregon's Teaching Effectiveness Program website (and numerous other sites as well), this PDF lists 50 assessment techniques from Angelo & Cross.

This guide is a resource shared with GSCC 2.0 faculty.

Posted by the Center for Teaching & Learning, UNC Charlotte. Distilled from Classroom Assessment Techniques by Angelo & Cross, this is brief includes 10 categories with description. Also available as a PDF (link on this page).

Created by Ann Carlson of Western Washington University and posted on the Center for Instructional Innovation & Assessment, Western Washington University, January 2010. In this short video (5 mins), Carlson outlines the "muddiest point" assessment technique, as well as some background on how and why instructors might use this technique.

This guide, prepared by Lawrence McEnerney and Joseph M. Williams of the University of Chicago, aims to help students understand what college writing is (or should be). It's easy-to-read tone guides students through the writing process, from understanding what an argument is, to some suggestions about when (and how) to seek out a writing tutor.

Patrick Bahls in The WAC Journal, Vol 20, Nov 2009. Bahls, a professor at UNC-Asheville, writes of the success he's had with a poetry assignment for his pre-calc and calculus students. He cites that much of one's success with math (especially advanced math) comes from confidence and finds the "language" of math to be both cumbersome and outdated for most students. The examples of student poetry (and their reactions to the assignment) are also provided as evidence.

This is a really interesting article, and the poetry is both thoughtful and creative. I wonder what both math and writing faculty think of this idea. Has anyone tried something similar in their classrooms? Great cites (and nice poem) on math anxiety. -- Stephanie

A website from Ohio State University that offers workshops in digital storytelling. Click "stories" tab to watch some examples.

Has anyone used digital storytelling in the classroom? Might it be a way for instructors to tell important (academic) stories about themselves? Or an interesting assignment for tech savvy students?

By Jarene Fluckiger, Yvonne Tixier y Vigil, Rebecca Pasco & Kathy Danielson in College Teaching, vol 58, #4, 2010. Abstract is available on this page; full article is by subscription only, but may be available through your local library.

Gail Mellow recommended this article.