What really makes your gears turn? Recently, I was thinking about a personality test, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), that might help you figure this out. The full test itself is an extensive questionnaire that is designed to classify your personality preferences in four areas in order to help you better understand the way you think and react under different circumstances. I wanted to share it in this blog because I think it can help us to reflect upon and understand our style and preferences as a teacher. For me, understanding my own personality preferences helped me to relate better with my students. Continue reading So what’s your personality? – Martin Smith
Month: December 2011
Group Decision Making (podcast) — Mark Morton
The podcast version of the CTE Teaching Tip document called “Group Decision Making” is now available, and you can listen to it via the player at the bottom of this blog posting. If you’d like to access all the Teaching Tips podcasts completed to date, click here. Better yet, you can subscribe to our Teaching Tips Podcasts in iTunes.
To read the original Teaching Tips document, with all of its references and additional resources, go to our Teaching Tips repository.
Effective Communication: Barriers and Strategies (podcast) — Mark Morton
The podcast version of the CTE Teaching Tip document called “Effective Communication: Barriers and Strategies” is now available. You can listen to it via the player at the bottom of this blog posting or by clicking here. If you want to subscribe to CTE’s Teaching Tips feed in iTunes, click here. To read the original Teaching Tip document, with all of its references and additional resources, click here.
LEARNing something new
CTE has been intimately involved with the move from UW-ACE to Waterloo LEARN. Several of us from the Centre were on the LMS selection committee and many have been key players in designing and executing Continue reading LEARNing something new
Teamwork Skills: Being an Effective Group Member — Mark Morton
As I mentioned in a previous post, CTE has over a hundred “Teaching Tip” documents. I’m exploring the possibility of turning them into podcasts, and making them available on iTunes. One of the ways to create a podcast is via a WordPress plug-in called “Powerpress,” which is what I’m testing out in this posting. I’ve started by turning the Tip Sheet called “Teamwork Skills: Being an Effective Group Member” into a podcast, and I’ve uploaded it here in iTunes. More will follow!
Rubrics and Creativity: Can they coexist? – Monica Vesely
We all recognize the potential value of a well-constructed rubric. Stevens and Levi in their book “Introduction to Rubrics” summarize these in their six key reasons for constructing and using rubrics:
- Rubrics provide timely feedback
- Rubrics prepare students to use detailed feedback Continue reading Rubrics and Creativity: Can they coexist? – Monica Vesely
Who do you love, me or Kate? — Mark Morton
CTE has a series of about a hundred online documents — each about a page or two in length — that provide advice on a wide variety of teaching issues. We call them “Teaching Tips,” and they are the most popular resource on the Continue reading Who do you love, me or Kate? — Mark Morton