Flipped Mastery Classes I’m finishing up my 4th semester of applying a flipped classroom and with some encouragement from my peers I decided to “take it to the next level” this semester. Jonathan Bergmann and […]
Focus on the Goal
Trying to Focus We are getting into the heart of our semester here at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara and the students are writing their “first partial” exams this week and next. I mentioned on […]
ACM Student Chapter
Our ACM Student Chapter I was the faculty sponsor when we first formed our Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter (link dead, bringing back when available) back in 2002. The chapter went dormant after […]
Twitter for Teachers
Are you on Twitter? I’ve been using Twitter for over five years apparently but my use has picked up significantly in the last year. Twiage.com tells me my “Twitter age” to the day as seen […]
Schoology First Impressions
Surprised by Schoology As mentioned last week, I’ve moved to Schoology as my LMS (Learning Management System) for my courses this semester. I am teaching a total of four groups across three separate courses which […]
Engage Students with Facebook
Go where they are: Facebook A long time ago I was able to engage my students via newsgroups (nntp) or the forums in Moodle or Blackboard. Lately getting students to post on the forums in […]
Sign My Syllabus
Did you read the syllabus? Often the syllabus for courses is an exercise in formality of creating a document that we are required to make and ensure students are aware of its existence. Very rarely […]
Blogs I Follow
Read/Write Blogs I’ve only been writing here for a short time and if my count is correct this is my thirty-fourth post. But I’ve been reading blogs for as long as blogs have been around.
Teaching Tools for 2014
A short history of my use of Moodle as a Teaching Tool Over the years, I have used many tools in my teaching. Finding and using new tools is never a problem for me, in […]
The Value of Academic Retreats
I love retreats To start off the semester I participated in an academic retreat to define projects for our implementation at Campus Guadalajara for Tec21. I always enjoy participating in these activities and especially at […]