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A Letter To A First Year Teacher, Crystal Strickland

Student Work

"Be the person who helps others see the good in themselves."

Posting about encouragement for new teachers from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/a-letter-to-a-first-year-teacher/

Cultural Learners: Dordt Students Reflect On Off-Campus Studies, Daniel Moe, Morgan Stoltzfus, Caden Zonnefeld

Student Work

Posting about three students' off-campus program experiences from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/cultural-learners-dordt-students-reflect-on-off-campus-studies/

Letters From Spice, Ashley Huizinga

Student Work

"From now on, I expect the unexpected. The internet doesn’t have all the answers."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­one student's cross-cultural experience from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/letters-from-spice/

Teaching History With Google Earth, Joseph Jasper

Student Work

Utilizing technology to teach subjects like history or geography can be more challenging than for other subjects. However, Google Earth is a tool that has an opportunity to create an interactive and visual experience that can be used instead of or in conjunction with a more traditional PowerPoint presentation. In this session, I will explain and demonstrate some ways in which I have explored using this tool in a classroom in order to have that more valuable educational experience, along with the results and reactions of its use.

Classroom Civility, Chelsea Maxwell

Student Work

"Learning is a sacred, lifelong process that commences in the classroom. We need classrooms that provide safe places to learn. As a student, I urge my classmates to recognize that now is the time to begin debating and discussing that which is hard and controversial. To do this well, both students and professors must work together to form communities built on respect that encourage questioning."

Posting by a college student about civility in the classroom from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the …