Student Guide Corner

One of the great benefits of teaching is that the summer is available.    We can do research and writing.   Or, we can work to improve our teaching.    �How can my next class be better than my last class?� is a great question to ponder during the summer break.    You have had a couple of months of break � how often have you addressed that question?    I am a strong proponent that everyone needs to learn to think differently about the challenges they face.    If you think like everyone else, you will wind up being average by definition.    In my book Don�t Just Dream about Success:    Stack the Odds in Your Favor , I devote an entire chapter to the challenge of learning to �Think Differently.�    Here is just one of the suggestions that I put forward in that book: ��How could this have been improved?� is a great question to consider throughout your daily wanderings.    It stimulates critical ...

On Tuesday (July 15) at 11:00 a.m. I will be hosting a 35 minute webinar on �The Flipped Classroom.�    I am doing this program in connection with my Financial Accounting textbook (coauthored with C. J. Skender of UNC).    However, I hope to keep the textbook marketing down to a bare minimum because I really am interested in talking about the flipped classroom. I would love for you to join me if you can.    You can register in advance at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/295135194 ** Below is an email that I sent out this evening to all of my students for the upcoming fall semester.    I am trying to plant a seed in their minds about what I want from them in the fall.    I always believe that a semester goes better if the students know before they ever meet you what you want from them.    They don�t have to waste important classroom time trying to figure out what you value.    As you can see, I just tell them. **...