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Designing for Connection and Belonging: Productive Discomfort — Oliver Baez Bendorf

This is the third of a three-part series Writing as a Social Practice Small Group Workshops Productive Discomfort  Productive Discomfort  There were certain poems that I did not understand… but going on the discussion forums really helped me understand [those texts]. I liked the element of responding to two different responses from students each week […]

Designing for Connection and Belonging: Small Group Workshops — Oliver Baez Bendorf

This is the second of a three-part series Writing as a Social Practice Small Group Workshops Productive Discomfort  Small Group Workshops The exchange of feedback is at the core of a writing workshop, yet there is never any guarantee that conventional frameworks for group critique will transform into conversation. The typical MFA workshop method (which […]

Designing for Connection and Belonging: Writing as a Social Practice — Oliver Baez Bendorf

This is the first of a three-part series Writing as a Social Practice Small Group Workshops Productive Discomfort  Writing as a Social Practice I was fascinated with the earliest poems I read and heard that gave insight into all the secret territories of the human spirit, our relationships with one another. Somehow those glimpses felt […]

A Team Meeting about Joining and Running Team Meetings – Alyce Brady, Josh Moon, and Rick Barth

Everything You Wanted to Know About Teams but Were Afraid to Ask! This video features a meeting in which we discuss how to start or join a meeting in Microsoft Teams, how to participate through features such as raising a hand, muting and unmuting video or audio, or chatting on the side, how to share […]

Five Things: Indoor Air Quality in Classrooms at K

**August 20, 2020 Update** A more detailed version of this information has been published at the College Covid 19 Site. I had a really informative meeting with Susan Lindemann, Director of Facilities Management, about the ventilation systems in our classroom buildings and steps being taken to prepare for on-campus classes this fall. The College is […]

Student Surveys in Moodle using the Feedback Activity

At the beginning of my course, I ask students to complete a survey to provide me with some information I need to make the course best fit their needs. Especially with online content, it is important for me to know about time zone differences, technology needs, and student preferences about what name to use when […]

Getting Started with Teams for Your Class

Here are a selection of short videos from Microsoft showing some initial steps for getting Teams going for use in your class Getting your team up and running **start here** Guide for you as a team owner Overview of Teams and Channels Work on a document together with your class Post a message in multiple […]

Moodle FAQ

Wait, I thought we just rolled out Teams?  Why I am using Moodle? Teams is not designed to replace Moodle.  Moodle and Teams can compliment one another.  Moodle is an open-sourced, community-supported product that has decades of experience in traditional Learning Management System functions like receiving Assignments, distributing Files, and organizing a course. Though Microsoft […]