by Amy Boone | Apr 3, 2024 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
A session on the significance of classroom discussions was facilitated by Genevieve Graessle and Jennifer Edo, who are both Student Fellows at the Adam Center. The students talked about the importance of preparing for in-class discussions, and inculcating discussions...
by Amy Boone | Apr 2, 2024 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
Two current Student Fellows facilitated an Adams Center session on professional development. The following is a summary they wrote on the session. Intro: Two Adams Center Student Fellows, Sam O’Quinn and Ellie Pitcock spoke to faculty about professional development...
by Amy Boone | Oct 11, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
Today the Adams Center hosted part 2 of the series on supporting students in college-level reading. The activities and ideas shared were directly from Dr. Jenae Cohn’s book Skim, Dive, Surface. Slides with these activities are on the second half of this slide...
by Amy Boone | Sep 15, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Lunch
Faculty regularly express concern about the struggles many students encounter when reading and engaging with course reading materials. This weakness, combined with an unwillingness to read class materials, makes it even more difficult for students to engage your...
by Amy Boone | Apr 12, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, Lunch
Two Adams Center Student Fellows – Connor Mullins and Nate Wade – led a discussion in How To Effectively Use Technology in the Classroom on April 3. In the discussion, faculty were asked to discuss with their groups about the way they see students use technology...
by Amy Boone | Feb 1, 2023 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, Lunch
With the sudden increase in AI with the entrance of GPT3, faculty find themselves scrambling to arm themselves with good information about the educational ramifications of AI. Before looking at the implications for the classroom, learning about the basics of AI is...