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A Few Parting Thoughts As We Reach The End: A Toast To The Teachers, Who Have Faith In A Seed, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

A Few Parting Thoughts As We Reach The End: A Toast To The Teachers, Who Have Faith In A Seed, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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Changing Lives, Having Your Own Life Changed: Reflections On Forty Years As A Teacher, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

Changing Lives, Having Your Own Life Changed: Reflections On Forty Years As A Teacher, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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Coming To The End, This Time For Good: Reflections On Forty Years Of Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

Coming To The End, This Time For Good: Reflections On Forty Years Of Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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Lessons From Linda Nilson: Self-Regulated Learning And How To Help Our Students Learn How To Learn, John C. Bird Feb 2017

Lessons From Linda Nilson: Self-Regulated Learning And How To Help Our Students Learn How To Learn, John C. Bird

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This week, lessons on self-regulated learning from Linda Nilson, Clemson University.


Those Funny Academics: Deadlines, Procrastination, And One Last Call For Proposals, John C. Bird Feb 2017

Those Funny Academics: Deadlines, Procrastination, And One Last Call For Proposals, John C. Bird

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Crying In Class, Once Again—Literature, Loneliness, And Our Human Need For Connection, John C. Bird Jan 2017

Crying In Class, Once Again—Literature, Loneliness, And Our Human Need For Connection, John C. Bird

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Here We Go Again—And Again, And Again, And Again: Thoughts On Starting Yet Another Semester, John C. Bird Jan 2017

Here We Go Again—And Again, And Again, And Again: Thoughts On Starting Yet Another Semester, John C. Bird

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mark Twain!: Reflections On A Writer, A Scholar, And Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird Nov 2016

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mark Twain!: Reflections On A Writer, A Scholar, And Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird

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Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird Nov 2016

Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird

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Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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This week, some thoughts about those crazy millennials!


Be Personal, Not Perfect—A Special Guest Column From David Schary, Pesh, David Schary, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Be Personal, Not Perfect—A Special Guest Column From David Schary, Pesh, David Schary, Teaching And Learning Center

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This week, a guest column by David Schary, PESH. David tells us we don’t need to be perfect—and that can be a plus. Welcome words in this busy week!


Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons From Walden Pond To Winthrop Teachers And Learners, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons From Walden Pond To Winthrop Teachers And Learners, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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This week, a trip to Walden Pond.


Surfing Around The Country, Learning About Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Surfing Around The Country, Learning About Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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This week, surfing the web to find resources to make us better teachers. There’s a lot out there!


Oh What A Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Do…And What To Do About It, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Oh What A Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Do…And What To Do About It, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

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This week, making assumptions about what students can and can’t do, and what to do about that.


The Puzzle Of The Class Personality—Why Is This Section So Lively, And Why Is This Other One So Dead?, John C. Bird Aug 2016

The Puzzle Of The Class Personality—Why Is This Section So Lively, And Why Is This Other One So Dead?, John C. Bird

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This week, trying to solve the puzzle of class personalities.