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ElizabethCatanese is an Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Community College of Philadelphia. Trained in mindfulness-based stress reduction, Elizabeth has enjoyed incorporating mindfulness activities into her college classroom for over ten years. Elizabeth works to deepen her mindful awareness through writing children's books, cartooning and parenting her energetic twin toddlers, Dylan and Escher.

Before I became a professor at Community College of Philadelphia, I taught high school Art History and Language Arts for four years. One of the pleasures of this experience was having my own classroom. I would keep out supplies from projects we had been working on and often hang art on the walls as well. Students could see themselves on the walls, and they knew they had an audience: the other students, teachers and parents who might enter the classroom. Once I became a full-time college professor, though, classroom walls quietly dropped out of my lesson plans. From semester to semester, my classrooms assignments are different. The classroom itself can feel like a temporary holding place for knowledge, not something over which I (or my students) hold ownership. That changed this semester, I think for the better.

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In this Macmillan Life Skills lesson, students become experts on obscure topics and practice skimming to find answers to questions their classmates have written developing the following life skills: analysing and extracting key information, evaluating content of a reply or argument, and time management.

Macmillan Education is a global publisher, specialising in English language teaching (ELT) and curriculum publishing. Their ELT publishing ranges from internationally recognised courses such as New Inside Out and In Company, through innovative titles like Aviation English, to their award-winning range of learners' dictionaries.

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Join us for our annual kick-off meet up, "Back to School with Achieve"! In this webinar, instructors get a basic tour of Achieve, then a showcase of new features in Achieve with our Senior Digital Support Specialist Travis Long.

Join us for our annual kick off meet up, "Back to School with iClicker"! In this webinar, instructors will get a basic tour of iClicker, then a tour of new features with Customer Support Specialist, Natalie Dougall.

In this webinar, Dr. Vaughn Scribner explains how Read and Practice helped him to empathize with students and help them with their mental well-being during Covid, and how he plans on integrating these findings in the post-Covid landscape.

Properly scaffolded and sequenced assignments not only improve student work but increase equity in education. By creating assignments that increase opportunities for feedback and focus on process as well as end product, instructors can increase success - especially for at risk students.

When you first meet your class, whether online or in-person, you likely know little about each individual student. How can you learn about them, in order to help them succeed in your class and in college generally? Dr. Michael Poulakis will share his experience with the Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys in Achieve and Marcy Baughman will talk about the data she and her team have captured about students using these surveys.

Incentivizing students to 'touch the material' multiple times a week leads to increased effective learning and retention, and ultimately higher levels of student success. Hear how this approach has changed Prof. Martinez's class for the better.

iClicker democratizes the classroom, raising all voices to the same level, allowing every student to participate in class discussion. Join us for a webinar where we discuss ways you can use iClicker in your classroom to bring your students together easily and effectively.

This session, co-presented by an educator and instructional technologist, will explore pandemic-era lessons that can help you create and deliver more inclusive and equitable learning experiences for every student.

The sooner your students come together as a community, the sooner they can get to the serious work of learning. iClicker democratizes the classroom, raising all voices to the same level, allowing every student to participate in class discussion. Join us for a webinar where we discuss ways you can use iClicker in your classroom to bring your students together easily and effectively.

In this interdisciplinary webinar, a panel of educators and technology enthusiasts will take on some of the biggest questions about ChatGPT and its impact on teaching and learning. Join the Macmillan Learning team and the expert panel for a conversation about the effective use of generative AI applications, the ethical implications of emerging technologies, and how education might adapt to a changing world.

Culturally responsive teaching uses students' own customs, characteristics, experiences, and perspectives as tools for better classroom instruction. This allows more students of all backgrounds to see themselves and their communities as belonging in academic spaces. Join Debi Rutledge for a discussion of why this is so crucial and how you can start applying culturally responsive teaching methods to your course today!

For many students, school is not an objective in and of itself. Rather, it is a step on the road to their futures. By emphasizing how the class supports those future goals, instructors help students see why their course matters. Students can move from first discovering a new skill or concept to applying it in real world situations. Join a panel of faculty advocates to discuss how teaching with applications motivates students and helps them keep their eyes on the prize.

As instructors your goal is not just to help students see the beauty of your discipline, but to help prepare them for their lives in the wider world. Students benefit when they see how skills and content they are learning in the classroom might be applied in their jobs and in their lives. Join our interdisciplinary panel of Macmillan authors to learn practical tips for showcasing the connections between the classroom and students' future careers.

With online homework, hybrid classrooms, and virtual lessons it can be a challenge to feel connected to your students. But technology doesn't have to divide you! Join this webinar to hear how our panel of faculty advocates use digital tools to feel closer to their students than ever.

It can be disheartening to speak to a sea of blank faces or black Zoom screens. Meaningful connections between instructors and students are at the core of the educational experience, and for many of us, the very reason we teach! Join an interdisciplinary panel of Macmillan authors for a conversation on the importance of instructor and student connections and practical tips for helping to forge that bond.

Join our interdisciplinary panel of Macmillan faculty advocates for a discussion on how they help students to connect and learn with each other, in and out of the classroom. They will share practical tips, best practices, and some of their favorite peer-to peer moments.

Dr. Mollie Anderson shares how she uses the Goal Setting and Reflection Surveys in Achieve. These surveys not only boost student metacognitive and study skills, they also provide instructors deep insight into student demographics and needs--in their own words. Mollie describes how she uses this data to empathize with her students, tailor her teaching to suit the unique makeup of each class, and even intervene with individual students when they need her help the most. You'll come away from this webinar with ideas for how you can use Goal Setting and Reflection surveys in your own class to create closer connections with students than ever.

Research has consistently shown that active learning strategies require students to use and even develop higher-order thinking skills. Bringing active learning into the classroom can have many benefits, including the ability to help students build and reinforce critical thinking skills. Join the Macmillan Learning team and a panel of active learning experts for a conversation about using active learning strategies to help students analyze information and creatively solve problems.

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