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A Few Parting Thoughts as We Reach the End: A Toast to the Teachers, Who Have Faith in a Seed
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning Center4-17-2017
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Changing Lives, Having Your Own Life Changed: Reflections on Forty Years as a Teacher
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning Center4-10-2017
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Coming to the End, This Time for Good: Reflections on Forty Years of Teaching and Learning
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning Center4-3-2017
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Lessons from Linda Nilson: Self-Regulated Learning and How to Help Our Students Learn How to Learn
John C. BirdThis week, lessons on self-regulated learning from Linda Nilson, Clemson University.
2-27-2017
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Those Funny Academics: Deadlines, Procrastination, and One Last Call for Proposals
John C. Bird2-13-2017
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Crying in Class, Once Again—Literature, Loneliness, and Our Human Need for Connection
John C. Bird1-30-2017
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Here We Go Again—and Again, and Again, and Again: Thoughts on Starting Yet Another Semester
John C. Bird1-16-2017
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mark Twain!: Reflections on a Writer, a Scholar, and Teaching and Learning
John C. Bird11-28-2016
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Getting Rid of Procrastination, Writing Like a Rabbit, Learning to Rewrite: Some Advice About the Writing Process
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning Center10-24-2016
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Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts on the Vast Majority of our Students, or, Why Did the Millennial Cross the Road?
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning CenterThis week, some thoughts about those crazy millennials!
10-17-2016
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Be Personal, Not Perfect—A Special Guest Column from David Schary, PESH
David Schary and Teaching and Learning CenterThis week, a guest column by David Schary, PESH. David tells us we don’t need to be perfect—and that can be a plus. Welcome words in this busy week!
10-3-2016
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Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons from Walden Pond to Winthrop Teachers and Learners
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning CenterThis week, a trip to Walden Pond.
9-26-2016
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Surfing Around the Country, Learning About Teaching and Learning
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning CenterThis week, surfing the web to find resources to make us better teachers. There’s a lot out there!
9-12-2016
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Oh What a Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Do…and What To Do About It
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning CenterThis week, making assumptions about what students can and can’t do, and what to do about that.
9-5-2016
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The Puzzle of the Class Personality—Why Is This Section So Lively, and Why Is This Other One So Dead?
John C. BirdThis week, trying to solve the puzzle of class personalities.
8-30-2016
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Old Teachers, New Teachers—and Some Thoughts on Successful Teaching as We Begin Another School Year
John C. Bird and Teaching and Learning CenterAttached is the first issue of the Teaching and Learning Center’s newsletter, The Weekly Reader, now beginning its 8th year of publication. This week, some thoughts on what makes a successful teacher at Winthrop, in answer to an excellent question from one of our new colleagues.
8-22-2016
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Thinking About Endings: Sad and Tragic Endings, Happy Endings—and the Chance to Bring About New Beginnings
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center4-18-2016
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Small Changes in Teaching: The Last Five Minutes of Class—Good Ideas from Jim Lang, Assumption College, Worcester, MA
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center4-4-2016
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Guest Column: College Students and Stress: What Can We Do to Help?
Shelley Hamill and Teaching and Learning Center3-28-2016
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Boredom Busters: Helping Our Students Become Better Critical Readers by Confronting Pseudo-Boredom
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center3-21-2016
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Some Thoughts Before Spring Break: Great Teachers, Engaging Students, High Standards, and Busting Boredom
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center3-7-2016
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Guest Column—The Sound of Silence: Engagement in the Classroom
David Schary and Teaching and Learning Center2-29-2016
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Guest Column: Students with Disabilities Recording Classes—by Tina Vires, Office of Disability Services
Tina E. Vires and Teaching and Learning Center2-22-2016
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Reflections on the 3rd Annual Winthrop Conference on Teaching and Learning: My Day at the Conference
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center2-15-2016
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Coaching the Team, Being a Member of the Team: Further Thoughts on the University as a Collection of Teams
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center2-8-2016
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“We’re Going to the Super Bowl!”—Thinking About Coaches and Teams and Winning and Teaching and Learning
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center2-1-2016
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If Ignorance Is Bliss, We Sure Must Have a Lot of Happy People!: The Startling Decline in Cultural Literacy
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center1-18-2016
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Thinking About the End, Even at the Beginning: Some Thoughts About Student Course Evaluations
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center1-11-2016
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Retiring, Endings, Beginnings, and the Enduring Beauty and Knowledge Contained in an Ancient Tree
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center11-30-2015
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Guest Column: Helping Our Students Read (and Understand) Difficult Texts—by Katarina Moyon, HMXP Director
Katarina Moyon and Teaching and Learning Center11-23-2015
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Enroll Now in the Five-Minute University! Knowledge and Diplomas for Only Twenty Bucks!
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center11-16-2015
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Lifelong Learning—It’s Not For Just the Old Folks Anymore!
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center11-2-2015
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Whitewashing the Fence, Turning Work Into Play, Making Teaching and Learning Interesting and Engaging
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center10-12-2015
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Got the Working Man Blues: Different Jobs, Same Jobs, All Over Campus
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center10-5-2015
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More Critical Reading Strategies for the Classroom: Helping Our Students Become Better Critical Readers
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center9-28-2015
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Announcing the 3rd Annual Winthrop Conference on Teaching and Learning—and a Plea for Teaching Critical Reading
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center9-21-2015
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Be Prepared!—and Other Valuable Lessons I Learned About Teaching From Being a Boy Scout
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center9-14-2015
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Guest Column: How Gardening Made Me a Better Instructor—by David Schary, PESH
David Schary, Teaching and Learning Center, and John Bird9-7-2015
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I Got Those Last Week of August Blues—But I Know the Cure! (Regaining That First Grade Enthusiasm)
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center8-24-2015
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Guest Column: Musings About Our Words, Their Effect, Changing Students Lives - By: Dr Merry Sleigh, Psychology
John Bird, Teaching and Learning Center, and Merry Sleigh4-6-2015
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Why Do You Do That Thing You Do? - Reflections of a Reading Nerd and College-Educated Cabbage
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center3-30-2015
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Everyday I Have the Blues: Teaching and Learning Online, Teaching and Learning Live
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center3-9-2015
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Guest Column: Applying Research on Learning: It's Never That Simple - by Dr. Marilla Svinicki, University of Texas
John Bird, Teaching and Learning Center, and Marilla D. Svinicki3-2-2015
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"Play Hard, Play Smart, Play Together": Lessons From My Teacher (Who Did Not Know He Was My Teacher)
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center2-9-2015
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"I Can See Clearly Now": But Oh the Pain It Took To Get Here! Why Did I Do This To Myself?
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center2-2-2015
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Guest Column: Unplugging the Classroom (David Schary, Dept. of Physical Education, sport, and Human Performance
John Bird, Teaching and Learning Center, and David Schary1-26-2015
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And In The End, the Class You Make Is Equal To...(or, How Did This End So Fast, and How Can I End It Well?)
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center12-1-2014
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Mistakes Were Made - But Not By Me!:Sobering Self-Realizations About Self-Justification
John Bird and Teaching and Learning Center11-17-2014
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Guest Column: To Winthrop, With Love - Education Saves Live by Antje Mays, Dacus Library
John Bird, Teaching and Learning Center, and Antje Mays11-10-2014
