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Graduation: A Pathway through the Blazing Fire

Today’s guest blogger is Jeong Lee, North Lake College student, honor graduate, and graduation speaker on May 12, 2012. The title of her speech below is “My Pathway through the Blazing Fire.” Good morning honored platform guests, honored faculty, honored 2012 graduates, family and friends. I am delighted and humbled to stand here in front of you and [...]

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Study Smarter Not Harder

Test anxiety is common among students. They fear that they will forget what they have studied. When a student talks to me about poor test results, many times he or she will say, “I read all of the material.” But, reading is only one way to study. The more ways the material is covered, the [...]

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The Importance of Mastery for Students and Teachers in a Competitive Society

Today’s guest blogger is C.D. Allen, 2011-2012 Texas Regional President, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and student at El Centro College. The following is his essay presented at the TCCTA conference March 1, 2012 in Frisco, Texas. As a student representative of the largest honor society for two-year colleges, I’ve had the privilege of traveling [...]

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Survey of Social Media in Higher Education

Higher education teaching faculty are using social media in their classes. Online video is the most common social media used in class. In addition to video for teaching, a majority of the faculty surveyed said that social media sites can be valuable tools for collaborative learning. This research has been made into an infographic at [...]

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Do teachers need a blog?

Lectures are not enough for today’s student who is online and wants an improved ability to learn and communicate in real time. A teacher’s blog engages students and increases their understanding of the subject matter.

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