To get the best image quality from a digital camera, you need to shoot in camera raw (.dng). Raw files contain more detail compared to a jpg file. I'd shown before and after images to my Photoshop class, and demonstrated how to use Camera Raw but students tended to accept the image basically as it stood.
Calculus III covers material from calc I/II, but in 3D. One part of calc III is to graph in 3D. A program called Maple is used to draw the graph, then students draw this on their exam. For 6 years, a lecture approach was used to cover this topic. Overall, students did not do well on this part of the exam (approximately C-D average). Students had no comprehension as to why the graph looked the way it did and were not able to draw basic shapes.
The EDU students at EMCC strive to become future preK-12th grade teachers. I strive to prepare my students for the reality of teaching by teaching the students to lesson plan, to provide effective instruction, and in maintaining strong classroom management. For the past 3 years, my students have learned the foundational skills in each area through in-class lesson plan writing and teaching their lessons to peers. While this is valuable practice, it is not the same as actually teaching children. In or
Observation is the heart and soul of cultural anthropolgy. For ASB 214, an Intro to Comparative Religion, I assigned the class to view a video explaining the basics of ethnrographic research. For the next class, I paired them up and assigned each pair to observe a specific "culture area" on campus, i.e. the studuent union, the bookstore, etc. They had to develop a research question (Which do students use more often for purchases? Cash or debit?), observe their area for 20 mins and take observation notes, then analyze their findings. Were they able to answer their research question?
Over the years I have struggled with getting students to choose speech topics that are an appropriate
In prior semesters, I would verify that students completed the example spreadsheet exercises in ACC111 by visual walking around the room. With 32 students, this is almost impossible to complete efficiently. As of Fall 2015, I have added the example spreadsheet exercises to the Attendance/Participation Assignment. Student now complete the exercise and submit for credit. Satisfies the attendance and insures participation. I am able to assess that students can perform the necessary Excel functions that will be needed for homework and chapter quizzes. Student
Most chemistry labs are of the "cookbook" style, the labs are a series of steps to perform in the alloted time and not much thought goes into the performance. The other option is to give students a problem to solve and then give them free reign to design a lab. Many of the students have no idea where to begin the design phase of a lab and end up just looking up a cookbook lab and trying to make it work. The other problem with the free reign option is safety and logistics with the laboratory prep. Is it a safe lab?
This semester I am assigning students online homework problems using Sapling Learning. After the due date expires, I plan to analyze which questions were most frequently missed. Then I will bring these back as part of a study session prior to the midterm 1. Similar questions will be restested as part of their midterm, and an analysis conducted to see if students' scores improved as a result of the feedback and additional practice in these areas.
At the beginning of each class I post 3-4 questions on the board to review the previous day's information. This also allows time for me to take attendance and set up the classroom for the days activity. I would allow about 10 min. for this activity and then have students present their solution. I did not collect the papers. There was not much accountability and some student's would purposefully come in late to avoid the work.
The "I Am Human" Campaign focuses on choosing language that creates an inclusive culture demonstrating social awareness. Students watched the "I Am Human" video in addition to reading about the campaign on the EMCC website. Students participated in a pre/post survey and discussion board directly connected to the campaign. Their weekly video reflection and final journal entry are typical assignments in the Sociology courses. The students mentioned the campaign in both assignments as examples of what impacted them in the course. Please see the attached document on the results.
In ESL Grammar 2, I’ve offered a standard exercise final exam. The average 79% score was not acceptable. I developed a more authentic “end of the semester” way to bring together all the information offered in this grammar course. I assigned a guided autobiography. At the class prior to the final exam, students were shown a presentation and given colored notecards.
Culinary students are required to create a marketable portfolio for a catering business while enrolled in CUL213 Buffet Catering. Students use buffet items from private and public luncheons in Regions Restaurant to build content for the portfolio. Students are challenged by the provision of details, professional appearance, and organization of a portfolio that can be potentially used for sales and marketing in a catering operation due to lack of overall experience in industry. In past semesters, students submitted their portfolios at the end of the course, with many misund
A key to fully appreciate art is understanding the creative journey and the underlying creative critical thinking which leads to the “message and meaning” of the piece.
Honors students are given the option of completing an individual or small group creative project to fulfill their honors enrichment plan.
Drawing inspiration from French philospher Marcel Proust, who wrote of the connection between involuntary memories & physical stimuli (e.g. smell), students were given 10 study cards which were color, flavor, & scent-coordinated to facilitate memorization of English principle verb parts (simple, simple past, & past participle forms) in an ESL030 Grammar III course.
Every anthropology class starts with an explanation of anthropology and the fact that there are four main sub-fields in anthropology (i.e. Archaeology, Cultural, Linguistics, Physical.) Each anthropologist specializes in one of these fields. At the beginning of the semester each field is discussed, explained, and students are encouraged to think of examples of each. After understanding the fields, they are asked which of the fields they think they would like best.