TLR Dec Meeting by https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz Critical Thinking Assignments and Activities With Real World Applications en-us 2022-11-22 16:04:08 UTC 2025-11-19 15:21:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f989.png Cristina: Journal entries applying ENVS concepts in real life settings/personal lives. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421047839 2022-12-14 20:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421047839 Case studies for microbiology https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421048062 2022-12-14 20:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421048062 Azar: Discussions online and in-person concerning pro-social behavior, sexuality, etc. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421048721 2022-12-14 20:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421048721 Cristina: Students apply what they learn in class to real world contexts and personal lives. They critically think about how environmental issues affect them and others. They think about ethical issues, such as env. injustice. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421049231 2022-12-14 20:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421049231 Cristina: Survey feedback showed positive results. Sample survey answers: "The course overall helped me to think about what impacts my decisions have on the environment and other people, and helped me have a better understanding of what environmental science is all about." and "Ethics should definitely be considered when talking about the impacts of our decisions on the environment." https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050068 2022-12-14 20:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050068 Sonya: Business scenarios - what would you do? Problem solving and communication channels. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050405 2022-12-14 20:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050405 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050549 Common Graded assignment and whether they feel he should have received the Nobel prized or not

]]> 2022-12-14 20:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421050549 Skits for conflict management styles (problem with roommate, disappointing your mom, work disagreement, and friend spending too much time with new significant other) https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051065 2022-12-14 20:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051065 Virginia: Discussions on ethical dilemmas. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051288 2022-12-14 20:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051288 Students have to use research articles to look at cases that have similar signs and symptoms, use microbiological methods to figure out the causative agent of the disease. Further writing the lab report improves writing skills. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051532 2022-12-14 20:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421051532 I haven't yet collected written feedback for the assignment. I think I will do that in the future. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421052279 2022-12-14 20:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421052279 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053155 Write an answer to the question of whether Haber should have gotten the Nobel Prize or not. 

]]> 2022-12-14 20:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053155 Kim: Applying theories about conflict to realistic scenarios (thinking about what they would actually do) https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053581 2022-12-14 20:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053581 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053941 Students need to think critically about whether Haber deserves the Nobel prize or whether he did not deserve it. ]]> 2022-12-14 20:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421053941 Virginia - students got discouraged by some of the choices people make in their healthcare. But a learning exercise in following patients' wishes despite our own thoughts on their choices. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421054163 2022-12-14 20:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421054163 Discussion about Digital Privacy and in class discussion providing different perspectives. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421054996 2022-12-14 20:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421054996 Azar: Students get see other students' perspectives on major issues. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421055880 2022-12-14 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421055880 Sonya: students enjoy the interaction. She collects comments from students to gauge their reaction. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421056593 2022-12-14 20:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421056593 Kim: some students told me that they "loved" the activity. We had in-class discussion about the conflict skits and how the groups chose their approaches. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421058791 2022-12-14 20:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421058791 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059260 Christine - case studies that help anatomy and physiology students apply theoretical biology knowledge to real-world patient scenarios]]> 2022-12-14 20:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059260 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059626 Christine - application of biology knowledge to a new, complex scenario]]> 2022-12-14 20:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059626 Virginia: sometimes the learning takes years, once in clinical situations, in real-life work, before you really see the impact your lessons have. https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059729 2022-12-14 20:14:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421059729 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421060634 Christine - a little polarizing! Many students like it - especially parts of the activity where they are asked to explain what is happening to a (hypothetical) patient. Group work also really helped build community in the classroom during the pandemic. But some find it frustrating.]]> 2022-12-14 20:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421060634 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421063402 Judy - soft skills workshops for career and college readiness, integrated into classes students are already taking]]> 2022-12-14 20:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421063402 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421063747 Judy - gets students in touch with their own goals and next steps]]> 2022-12-14 20:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421063747 https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421064524 Judy - students are receptive, and it helps them connect with transition specialists who run the workshops and also help students outside of the workshops]]> 2022-12-14 20:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421064524 evaluating info https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421065499 2022-12-14 20:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421065499 creating reusable learning objects https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421065757 2022-12-14 20:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jditkoff5/15zwsa56yxu79psz/wish/2421065757