Teachers on Teaching

TIPS FROM YOUR TCC

Art, science, intuition, experience, prior knowledge…these are only the beginning of a defining list of qualities we bring to the classroom. Your TCC invites all of you to gain from as well as share some of the ideas and/or practices that help make your classes successful. These can be tips that you have created out of your experience or tips you've gleaned from other sources. Tips from Your TCC will be a monthly feature in the Trib, and it will be archived on the TCC website. If you have tips you'd like to share, please email them to Julie Damerell, jdamerell@monroecc.edu.

• Planning Closure - November 2008
• Strategies to Help Students Improve as Readers - October 2008

BEST PRACTICES VIDEOS

In an ongoing project, the Teaching & Creativity Center is creating a series of videotapes of outstanding MCC professors at work in the classroom. We hope the series serves as a resource for any MCC teacher looking to improve or refresh his or her skills.

If you have suggestions or comments, please contact one of the co-chairs of the TCC.

• Teaching Strategies to Engage Students - Beth McNeil
  On-campus/High-speed Connection | Low-speed/Modem Connection

Great Ideas for Teaching Students (GIFTS)

• First Day of Class – Communicating Expectations by Suzanne Long
• First Day Techniques by Harry Pierre-Philippe
• Concept Review Exercise by Ilene Benz
• Group Sharing by Lorna Dawson
• New Game Plan by Robert Plant
• The Attack of the Blank Stares by Lorraine Wichtowsi
• Challenging Stereotypes by Bethany Gizzi
• Doing Collaborative Learning in a Large Lecture Classroom by Colleen Keery