Thanks for sharing, Jorge! It was a great workshop. I also hold the ACUE cert in effective teaching practices and have implemented much of what I have learned in teaching my courses at MDC. I am a professional but not a “professional teacher” – didn’t go to “teacher school” as we say – and much of what’s presented by ACUE (and some other…

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Wishing I could do nothing over spring break! But I will be able to get a little more sleep – I hope.

At my college we just starting having spring break last year. For 20 years we went straight through Spring semester until the end of April then had a couple weeks off before the summer semester starts in May. Then all the sudden last year…

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Please enlighten me! I know what AI is but AR and VR? Gen Alpha??

Afraid I’m clueless – I’m terrible with dates in history and know little about photography, save what I must know/do for forensic cases.

Yes! Your students will definitely watch them!!

Ditto! I looked at those also – a few I have already used and they are helpful,

So I’m not sure what you mean by “new” but it really is all new to me as I haven’t been able to spend much time tooling around on in the Resource Library to date. I love the ability to filter! I am not teaching online currently so I choose in-person teaching and further filtered with Active Learning and Class Discussions. There’s really a lot…

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Hi – I just watched/listened to the recording of the webinar summarizing this study the other day. It was interesting and I think the results were pretty much to be expected. That students want (and should be provided with) clarity concerning instructions shouldn’t be a surprise, although I find that many students. particularly the younger…

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I do not miss any aspect of northern winters though!

Well, I don’t know about the record high and low temps in NYC on Dec 13th but I do remember when I lived there that for a couple years there was no spring. The weather went from cold winter temps right into very hot summers with no easing into it with spring whether (which I miss the most here in So. FL). There was a very warm fall (What we…

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That’s so funny about ME weather and so true! I grew up in Southern Maine but have lived pretty much all (except a few years in the Bronx.) my adult life in South Florda – where we say the same thing about the weather – where rain in concerned anyway. I go back to Maine almost every summer and hate that I have to pack for 2 seasons bc you…

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So, although I have been teaching every semester for over 20 years and do consider myself an educator within my profession, I am not full-time faculty and teaching is just one of my professional activities. I have earned a few certifications in some aspects of teaching from my college over the years and from the ACUE but my professional…

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(PS) Certainly a discussion of the lit is a good start…

Respectfully, while some aspects of AI are likely helpful (convenient)/useful and “good”, I don’t think it’s been around long enough to come to the conclusion that it’s a must to incorporate into everything we do in life – including the classroom. There are bound to be issues… I don’t know that I think it’s “the enemy” but it seems prudent to…

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Hi – I often ask my students for feedback on what I can do better or implement to help them learn. This semester 2 of my freshmen said they thought that learning physiology would be fun and easier if we did Kahoot! quizzes in class pre- and/or post-lecture. I participated in a Kahoot! quiz once but had no idea how to set one up so I just…

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Hi – the last day of the semester is always the final exam and for Fall semester I bring baskets with candy canes and chocolates plus X-mas pencils. Throughout the semester I have gifts (novelty journals/notepads, folders, pens, highlighters, sometimes little gadgets/”toys” and hand sanitizer gels & sprays in lab, etc.) for those students who…

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Weird – I just did a Thanksgiving Turkey Trivia game that came to my e-mail the other day but I’m afaid I don’t remember much! Can’t even make a guess at how much turkey is eaten. But I remember being surprised that North Carolina is a top turkey producing state (don’t know about a year though). I think Arkansas and Minnesota are turkey…

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That’s so funny! I love watching the dog shows too and consider myself a “dog person” but for the past 14.5 years I’ve had cats!😸

Thanksgiving is very variable for my husband and me. I haven’t had to work in clinic on Thanksgiving for many years but until last year I had a third position for which I had to be available on the day after so for the past 10 years or so travel at Thanksgiving time was out. I do prefer to stay local anyway so it worked out well. We sometimes…

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Yes, Victor, it’s really great when you can tell that students are engaged and thinking about concepts by the questions they ask!

Hi – I teach basic sciences as well as clinical pathology and medicine course and it’s always very satisfying for me when the students demonstrate either in lab or in class discussions that they understand how all the little pieces of info. they have learned are applied to patients whether in the context of normal physiology, clinical…

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Forget about the turkey and stuffing – I just want that!! Yum!!

That sounds great! I always say that Key lime pie is one of the few desserts I really like that isn’t chocolate, so even better with chocolate! I will have to try it! – R

From the list pecan pie is my favorite!

Pumpkin custard (Mrs. Smith’s is great!) is next then deep dish apple (no bottom crust – I’m not really a crust person.).

I don’t really enjoy other fruit pies that much except for the homemade blueberry pies made from fresh picked Maine blueberries that my late stepmother made every summer. I do really…

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That’s really great, Ashleigh – love that feeling of connection and accomplishment!

I like to cook too but also don’t do Thanksgiving turkey. If I go somewhere for Thanksgiving I usually bring green bean & mushroom casserole – I like mine better than any other I’ve had. That’s my problem – I like my own cooking! 🙂 and banana and cranberry breads I’ve been making from the same recipe since I was a child learning to cook and…

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I agree! I make killer blond brownies for which I found the original recipe on the sales label for a baking pan. – R

I’m thankful that this semester is almost over! 😉 Just kidding (kind of!)

Seriously though, it’s those “aha” moments with students that have kept me teaching all these years, although there have not been as many within the cohorts we’ve had the last few years. Specifically, I’m grateful that some of my students are finally understanding…

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Hi – I make this easy and delicious Warm & Creamy Bacon Dip every holiday season and other times of the year too as an appetizer to a special meal):

• 1 – 16 oz container of light sour cream
• 1 – 3 oz jar/packet of soft real (turkey) bacon bits
• 2 cups shredded reduced fat cheddar cheese
• 1 – 8oz package of light cream cheese
• 1 cup chopped…

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