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choice or fill-in-the-bank questions directly into a lesson page. This feature can be useful for a number of purposes like collecting formative assessment data and conducting class polls. If an instructor shares a video or reading that students are expected to review before class, the instructor could also post a question that promotes engagement with the resource. Lesson questions allow for automatic grading and feedback, integrate directly into Sakai’s Gradebook, and can display a histogram of
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Sharing Ideas for #PLUteaching Posted by: bodewedl / September 28, 2015 September 28, 2015 by Dana Bodewes, Instructional Designer In the age of information overload, it can be challenging to filter through constant streams of information to find good ideas to take your teaching to the next level. However, that doesn’t mean we should stop looking or sharing ideas when we find them. As an instructional designer, I dedicate time to reading books, articles, and blogs as well as talking with
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Sunset for ½” VHS Videotape Players Posted by: Jenna S / May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 by Layne Nordgren and Travis Pagel For over 25 years Video Home System (better known as ½” VHS) players provided access to analog video recordings in classrooms. But as technology continued to improve, this format was gradually supplanted by DVD players. What this means at PLU, is that what was once a standard component of classroom podiums, is now obsolete. In May of 2013, Instructional Technologies emailed all
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June 4, 2009 Surviving ‘and thriving’ when bad things happen to good people Sunbeams massaged their way over Allison Parks’ shoulders, as she savored her coffee and perused her copy of “The Shack.”The book, which details a conversation a man has with God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost after his young daughter is brutally murdered, sums up a concept that Parks struggles with. Why do sometimes monstrous things happen to good people?The question is even the topic of her capstone project. As a religion
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September 1, 2009 1:05 p.m. – Mr. McNeese’s gym Class The eighth-grade PE class taught by Dan McNeese ’06 is short one player for a game of pickleball, so McNeese, 26, joins a team and starts swatting at the ball. McNeese says that, as a beginning teacher, he doesn’t get much in pay. But he absolutely has the best job he can think of. On the way back into the gym, McNeese greets Steve Holmfeldt, who was his football coach when McNeese attended Cascade. “At first thought I wanted to teach high
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to the Denver area. “I was always inspired by what President Anderson always said, ‘to those who much is given, much is asked,'” Vialpando recalled. “That has always stuck with me, as a student and as a graduate.” Tim Vialpando ’02. Soon after graduation, he knew that becoming a part of Q Club would another way he could both stay involved with his alma mater, and give back to it. He is particularly pleased to be able to ensure that a portion of his Q club donation directly benefits student groups
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March 29, 2012 Photo by Ed Lowe, courtesy of Highline Medical Center Dr. Jennifer Aviles ’97 An opportunity to care about people different from ourselves By Chris Albert In an emergency department in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Jennifer (Tolzmann ’97) Aviles, was caring for a heroin addict when a sense that she describes as a calling for compassion washed over her. “I was caring for him and God changed my heart for this man,” she said. “He took away my fears.” This was a man that in most circumstances
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PLU Receives $11,000 Grant for Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA Program Posted by: Silong Chhun / August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 By Veronica CrakerMarketing and CommunicationsPacific Lutheran University has been awarded another grant from School’s Out Washington and the Washington State Department of Commerce to be used toward the Tacoma/South Puget Sound MESA program.The $11,000 grant comes from the Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund. The MESA program prioritizes early exposure
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Molecular Engineering Materials Center (MEM-C) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Posted by: nicolacs / November 29, 2021 November 29, 2021 The University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM·C) summer REU program is focused on exposing underrepresented minorities and veterans to a viable and relevant career pathway focused on materials and energy research. OUR FOCUS: MATERIALS RESILIENCE AND INNOVATION Undergraduates, including veterans, will find that the
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Major Minute: English Posted by: mhines / April 25, 2024 April 25, 2024 So, … what can you do with an English major?Endless possibilities await! Proficiency in critical and creative reading and writing is crucial in today’s information-driven economy. An English major will equip you for any path that demands, effective communication, appreciation of diversity, and creative expression. Watch this Major Minute featuring Chair and Professor of English Jim Albrecht to explore PLU’s English program
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