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Flip Your Back-to-School Night

Catlin Tucker

Quick Introduction – My Teaching Philosophy. I introduce myself to parents and share my teaching philosophy. I want parents to know where they can find out what’s happening in class, access resources to support their students, and which go-to web tools we’ll be using on a regular basis.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

Faculty Focus

I believe in the importance of creating a classroom environment that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible for all students. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

Faculty Focus

I believe in the importance of creating a classroom environment that is inclusive, equitable, and accessible for all students. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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3 ways to keep your online classroom engaged

eSchool News

My teaching philosophy is that the content is no longer the commodity. Kids these days have access to all the information they could ever ask for at their fingertips, on the internet. . When I was in school, I had to go to school every day because my teachers had all the information and I had to get it from them somehow.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

Faculty Focus

He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. As instructors, our role is not just to provide access to content. We are needed to inspire students to come to class, to ask questions, to work out the answers with them. They could always find and read the content on their own. References Balch, D.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

The way that books have nourished my teaching has been in the area of identifying and refining my teaching philosophy and general pedagogical approaches. I haven’t read many books that are focused strictly on online teaching. We don’t have to be enrolled in his class to access it.

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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

Edsurge

Given that YouTube continues to be chocked full of educational videos that are often accessible and custom-captioned, perhaps we don’t have to reinvent the wheel or become DIY videographers to find an approach to video-based learning that matches our teaching philosophy?

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