Slides that stick – PowerPoint presentation design: Just listen to yourself Useful advice when you are stuck putting a presentation together. Just tell the story! Forget about the format, structure, slides, etc. Just tell the story in your own words and record it. Then go back and see what worked … Continue reading
Slides that stick – PowerPoint presentation design: Just listen to yourself
Useful advice when you are stuck putting a presentation together. Just tell the story! Forget about the format, structure, slides, etc. Just tell the story in your own words and record it. Then go back and see what worked about […] Continue reading
How to craft a memorable key message in 10 minutes : Speaking about Presenting
This week in next in my Leadership and Communication class, we will begin to prepare for their final presentation of their proposals to make General Education at the UO better. I will be helping them get really clear about their core […] Continue reading
How Do I Make My Resume Stick? Good article from Dan Heath, author of Made to Stick, on sticky resumes and cover letters and the differences between the two.
Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Using Blogs with Students — Campus Technology Good beginning advice for anyone wanting to use Blogs with students for reflection and learning. I might add though that evaluation is trickier for blogs. As the author mentions, an instructor’s comments on blogs should be … Continue reading
Purdue University Adds Twitter and Facebook to Class Participation
In my Leadership and Communication class, my students are working on projects focused on improving General Education at the UO. One of the problems they have identified with our Gen Ed approach is lack of student engagement, both because of large, impersonal classes and lack of […] Continue reading
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Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com Great article on the skillsets needed in the new economy and how our education system doesn’t produce enough students with those skillsets. Friedman writes: “A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I asked him who was getting … Continue reading
Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com
Great article on the skillsets needed in the new economy and how our education system doesn’t produce enough students with those skillsets.
Friedman writes:
“A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I asked him who was getting axed. He said it was interesting: lawyers who […] Continue reading
News: Imagining College Without Grades – Inside Higher Ed This article presents a serious question – What are grades for? What do they help us, as faculty, do? Where I teach, we have mandatory grade ranges in our core classes to combat grade inflation. The rationale is that an effective … Continue reading
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