By Judith Ross-Bernstein Recently, a compelling study by Steuer and Dresel, A Constructive Error Climate as an Element of Effective Learning Environments (2015) came by my desk. It was in my to read file when I spotted a blog and a tool developed by Josh… Read More
By Judith Ross-Bernstein It’s that time of year. I can’t help but be poised at the edge of my seat, imagining teachers and students entering their classroom space for the first time. I overheard a veteran professor yesterday, “I know I will feel better once… Read More
By Luca Maurer This blog entry Training Educators and Service Providers on Transgender Issues by Luca Maurer is a repost from ETR etc Blog. In this second post, Luca extends his widely read post @ threads, Finding Our Place: A New Semester. Luca is the LGBT… Read More
By Julie Schell (Reposted 1/15/13) Peer Instruction Part 2 Flipping and peer instruction are related? Check out Julie’s blog on flipping your classroom with peer instruction. Julie Schell writes Turn to Your Neighbor, The Official Peer Instruction Blog. She is Director of OnRamps, an innovative… Read More
By Julie Schell (Reposted 5/1/14 What is Peer Instruction?…in 2 mins) Peer Instruction is a researched based highly engaged instructional strategy developed by Professor Eric Mazur in the 1990’s at Harvard University. It is implemented best in a flipped learning format, where students anticipate and… Read More
By Luca Maurer Where do we feel safe, respected, understood, and supported? Is it possible to construct a classroom as a safe landing? We are a comprehensive residential college; our campus represents home for all of our students. Our classrooms must be an extension of… Read More
Greetings Ithaca College Colleagues and best wishes for a fun and productive Spring 2016 semester. What do you call a blog that is really a webinar? Name it what you will, but this first Threads blog is just that, and posted for your viewing. On… Read More
By Judith Ross-Bernstein “In a FUBU universe, students become the primary agents of their own learning by providing feedback and creating artifacts that emerge out of their own experience (“by us”) for their own learning benefit (“for us”).” (Silva, 2015) Silva shares a distinctly student-centered… Read More
By Judith Ross-Bernstein “Development is on their side.” In my head, I can hear my mentor say this to me, an early career teacher, with kindness and wisdom. She said this to me often, reassuringly, as a keenly attentive listener to my classroom stories. After… Read More
By Judith Ross-Bernstein with Nancy Menning How can we create environments that invite students to be actively engaged? “I break performance into smaller steps and offer students playful low-risk opportunities to incrementally build confidence, skill and voice.” Debbie Rifkin (Music/Women & Gender Studies) “I assign… Read More
