Engaging Teaching
Teaching tips & more!
Give it Five Minutes
In this article, James M. Lang offers up some advice for using the first 5 minutes of class to shift everyone’s attention from the latest hot goss to, you know, course stuff. Next week, we’ll try to find an article on what to do in the second five minutes of class!
Learning Technology
Using the technology without it using us.
Tech Talk & Tacos
Starting this week, and every week until we forget to keep doing it, we will be hosting a lunch time virtual get-together right dab in the middle of the week: 12-1 on Wednesdays in our Webex Digital Meeting Room. This week, we will have a look at Microsoft Teams, and specifically, the (newly renamed) Teacher’s Lounge Team that now has 40 members and growing! We can show everyone how it works, how we can use it, and how you might want to use it in your teaching. Contact Terry if you need any help getting set up.
Trickle Down
Stuff to tell your students!
There’s Help
Guess what? We have no idea most of the time what our students are going through in their day-to-day lives. But we do want them to succeed, so it behooves us to let them know what help is available to them. Here’s a key piece of that help: good2talk.ca “Good2Talk is a free, confidential helpline providing professional counselling and information and referrals for mental health, addictions, and well-being to post-secondary students in Ontario, 24/7/365.” Let your students know it’s there for them when they need it.
Inner Workings
Helping you navigate the inner workings of the college
Free Stuff from IT!
Adobe Creative Cloud is full of powerful software for making cool stuff with your computer. And you can have it all for free at home, thanks to IT Services! Head to this page for directions on how to get it. Then it’s just a matter of figuring out how to use Photoshop and all that other cool stuff. Simple, right?
Keeping it Professional
Professional Learning Opportunities
New Contract Faculty Experience
The new Contract Faculty Experience program includes four hours of online learning designed to support folks as they become familiar with their roles and responsibilities at Fleming College. Find it here: https://wpflemingcollege.com/cfex/. If you haven’t guessed by the name, the target audience for the experience is new contract faculty, but all are welcome to pop in for a refresher on a thing or two.
Get In Touch
Contact us at ext. 1216, ldsteam@flemingcollege.ca, or visit department.flemingcollege.ca/ldsTweet @fleminglds
