3 Do’s for the First Day of Class
Research dictates there is a positive correlation between student success and the relationships they develop in college, especially in face-to-face…
🎙️ Mic check “One, Two, One, Two” 🎙️
The Pulse @ GCC was pumped to have MC Squared (a.k.a. Kelly Devenney) take the stage on Tuesday, March 8th,…
“Supporting Men of Color”—A Review and Call to Action
Guest post by Autumn McKelvey Autumn recently viewed the Go2Knowledge webinar titled “Supporting Men Of Color: How To Increase Engagement,…
Review of “10 Strategies To Decrease Dropouts & Increase Retention Using Technology”
Guest post by Lisa Brown, Mathematics Faculty at GCC. This is a review of the Go2Knowledge Webinar listed in the…
Spread the Word About Kurzweil and Help Your Students Read
In 2020, Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) made Kurzweil 3000 available free to all enrolled students. We did this…
Fostering ‘Belonging Certainty’ in STEM
At the start of this semester, I asked my students why they chose to take statistics. One student quipped, “Because…
OER Office Hours: Meet the Champions!
You are invited to informal conversations about OER at the OER Champions Office Hours.
Introducing the Active Learning Kit: Engaging Ideas for Live Online Instruction. The CTLE has adapted our physical Active Learning Kits…
Starting to Think About Next Semester’s Classes? Start With the Orientation Module
If you took Strategies for Effectively Teaching Online, you already know that the course culminates into building a successful Getting…
Am I Actually Teaching?
Now that we are all online and/or live online and/or hybrid instructors, regularly checking for “attendance” in our courses, managing…
Thinking About Online Assessment and Some Strategies 1.0
“We are not like the social insects. They have only the one way of doing things and they will do…
Do Your Students Know How to Find Your Feedback?
Ending the first week of the semester and entering the second week, I am starting to wonder if my online…
Demonstrates use of Genial.ly for interactive and fun formative assessments, with suggestions for use with Canvas quizzes and gameplay during…
In this video, you will see an interactive synchronous learning activity using Google Docs while on Zoom. The video shows…
Humanize your online course with “youness”
If you’re teaching this summer for GCC, you’re teaching online. You may be using the “live online” designation for a…
