The LGBTQI community can pass as an invisible minority should they chose not to disclose their identity. This study explores how an invisible minority has implications for college teaching and seeks to understand why an LGBTQI student, faculty, or staff member may not reveal this identity. Four themes around LGBTQI identity, campus and classroom experiences, […]
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Experiences and Needs Trans Community
Due to prejudice and discrimination in education and employment based on gender identity and expression, transgender and gender nonconforming students may be more likely to attend community colleges than four-year institutions. This article describes the problems often faced by transgender community college students and offers suggestions for how an institution can become more transgender inclusive […]
16 Ways to be a Transgender Advocate and Ally
Wondering how you can make a difference in being a trans ally? Check out this quick list of tips on how you can be an advocate for the transgender community in small but meaningful ways every day! Article 5
Consider College Options Carefully as a Transgender Student
No matter how inclusive a college campus may be in theory, there is a list of criteria that matters to trans students, faculty, and staff in practice. This article provides an overview of the policies, procedures, and physical space considerations that make a big difference in establishing a trans-inclusive college climate. Article 6
Perceptions of Campus Climate and Engagement for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community College Students
The article explores a 2011 case study that investigates the extent to which the community campus climate engages and supports LGBTQI students. It raises valuable points on how we can learn from LGBTQI student characteristics and experiences to promote better inclusive student engagement and campus climates. Article 1
Applying the Seven Learning Principles to Creating LGBT-Inclusive Classrooms
Issues of gender identity and expression, sex, and sexual orientation can and do influence student learning and performance. While LGBTQI students do not learn differently from other students, their unique identities can be at odds with heterosexual and binary assumptions made in the classroom or on campus. In this article, you can read […]
A Digital Workflow: autoCrat add-on for Google Spreadsheets
Have you ever wanted documents to personalized, but still be formatted the same way? For example, for the Active Learning Destination 2015 track, the goal was to have the mini-teach lesson plans all formatted in the same fashion, but with each unique teacher’s information/ideas/objectives/plans….following me? So what’s the solution? We used a great combo package […]
Man versus Ape Experiment
Assignment: Remove the nut from the shaft Are we teaching the right things at school? Thanks in large part to my participation in Circles of Innovation – Fun Theory Challenge, I have been trying some new things with my First Five this semester. For those of you not familiar with the term, the term First Five relates to […]
Teaching “Naked”!
This article by Jose Antonio Bowen appeared in a recent AAC&U newsletter and is based on his 2012 best seller Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning. I particularly enjoyed this excerpt: As faculty, if we are primarily concerned with transmitting content, then our value will only decrease. […]
Destination: Circles Track 2014 Exit Ticket Results featuring Tagxedo
Assessment is often a dirty word in higher education, but we’re getting better at figuring out what can/should be measured every day. On the last day of Valencia College’s annual profession development program Destination, the 2014 Circles of Innovation Track participated in a snowflake activity as an exit ticket for the five week experience. The […]
Facebook for Educators
Many educators like myself are apprehensive about using social media tools in our classrooms. After looking inward and analyzing why I was fearful of this, I realized that I cannot afford to be fearful of social media. If I continue my path of fear, my students will lose a tremendous opportunity to learn how to […]
A Different View Of Michelangelo
Hum:2230-Renaissance and Baroque Introduction: This is a look a Michelangelo from a different angle. Michelangelo lived in changing times and his art and writings reflect those changes. This lesson plan deals with his life in Rome after he moved there from Florence in 1534. The Protestant Movement had been underway for some years and the […]
Digital Apps for the Classroom
I shared this with my group yesterday. It is a list of apps good for education published by NEA. Suggested Mobile Apps for the Secondary Classroom (click here to make a QR code) In-Service Larger list of 75 Teacher Only Name Description EduTecher A collection of technology-related resources for teachers in […]
No more Bulky Binders – ePortfolio Bliss
Laurinda Lott When I first enrolled in Destinations, I had a goal to find a new way to enhance a current portfolio project that is used in most of our Teacher Education courses. This assignment that I am posting is slightly different than most as it is not just a simple lesson plan to be […]
Final Draft Plan: The Black Death
Andrew Kinsell Title: The Black Death Class: EUH 2000, Western Civilizations I Introduction: The focus of my class on the Black Death is not the disease itself but the societal impacts the Black Death had throughout Europe. In order to accomplish this goal I will include a short video and a primary source (Boccaccio’s Decameron). […]