Today I covered a new Powerpoint (called "Adaptive Habits") about having good habits in college and then I explained the new assignments for Chapter 1. We will start the textbook Thursday and there are three assignments for each chapter: a Chapter Quiz, an InfoAction! and a Five Questions assignment. The recording didn't work today, so I have inclu…

Students gave presentations about resources, then I talked about some TSC technology available to students.

Why do some college professors suck at teaching? And what can you do about it?

Student presentations and more about TSC policies and procedures.

Welcome to the first day of classes at Tallahassee State College! I will post the audio from our meetings here in case you have to miss class. I will try to record my class lectures and post them here, but sometimes the technology does not work well and sometimes I do not work well, so don't rely on these recordings as a substitute for coming to cl…

Last day of class for this semester. Good luck with the rest of your college success and beyond!

More chapter 14 stuff

Health and Wellbeing (Ch 14)

Writing papers in college

Plagiarism

a few comments before our test

Test taking skills

Active Learning in and out of class - chapters 7 and 8

Chapter 3, and a bit about memory

The last little bit of Ch 12, then grocery shopping.

Chapter 12

Last week we had a test and then a day off. Today we talked about time management.

A last little bit about enthusiasm, then we watched the videos from group projects (they are in Canvas)

A bit more about enthusiasm and a new assignment. then we watched the class videos, which you can see in Canvas (I didn't record that part).

A bit more about interviews, then a bit about enthusiasm

Job interviews

Finishing up about resumes

The rest of Chapter 15

today we did presentations, then talked about finding a job and avoiding scams. The recording didn't work, so here is a recording from a different class that covers the same material.

The last bit of chapter 11, then some general stuff in advance of Chapter 15.

More about academic advising

Started the topic of academic advising, Chapter 11

A few comments before our test

More about critical thinking

Finished up Chapter 5 and started Chapter 6 - also, we worked on group projects for a bit.

The end of Chapter 13 and most of Chapter 5

I went over some new assignments and much of Chapter 13

A little about group projects and an in-class get-to-meet-each-other activity

Finished up Chapter 2 and also talked about Appendix A and Appendix B

Finished up the material from Chapter 1.

I talked about what to do after a test, then started looking at Chapter 1 from the textbook.

We had our first test today - I made a few comments before and after.

More about when teachers suck, and little about upcoming assignments.

TCC tech, and a bit about sucky teachers

I went over some policies and procedures for this class.

I gave a pop quiz, students gave presentations, and I went over just a few more things at the end.

Welcome to the first day of classes at Tallahassee Community College! I will post the audio from our meetings here in case you have to miss class. I will try to record my class lectures and post them here, but sometimes the technology does not work well and sometimes I do not work well, so don't rely on these recordings as a substitute for coming t…