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Students' success stories reinforce why I teach
After writing the sailing post below, I was a bit drained emotionally. But my spirits soon lifted with the visit of two students. I was asked to dinner by a current student who wanted to share her goo… more →
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Students' success stories reinforce why I teach
Les Potter wrote 4 months ago: After writing the sailing post below, I was a bit drained emotionally. But my spirits soon lifted wi … more →
Reflecting on validation of research
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: Since men are born tabula rasa, both cognitively and morally, a rational man regards strangers as in … more →
What exactly do you want?
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: How many times a week does a teacher or employer hear this question? My colleagues and I in the Adve … more →
Metacognition: the writer's best friend or worst enemy?
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: I have been giving much thought lately to writing. Metacognition does not, a priori, lead to frequen … more →
Just in time for fall semester, lessons in integrity and responsibility from Joe Gibbs
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: Towson’s fall semester begins September 2. Syllabi for my four classes are printed. Class rost … more →
The Olympics has winners and losers, just like real life
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: It seems that every time I turn on the TV to watch the Olympics, beach volleyball is on. I had never … more →
Digital literacy: I blog, therefore, I am
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been having a running conversation with some of my colleagues in the Master’s and Doctora … more →
On grades and grading in colleges and universities
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: My two posts subsequent to the end of spring semester are still very much on my mind. One extraordin … more →
Preparing students to be self-actualized: Am I teaching the right things?
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: In a previous post about financial management, I said, “I believe the purpose of college is to … more →
Ethics as a firm foundation for success
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: “In responsibility both obedience and freedom are realized. Responsibility implies tension bet … more →
Bad-ass biker chicks eschew Harleys, get Education degrees, and bring a new ethos to the classroom
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: Well, not really. But…… According to a Washington Post article Monday, December 31, 200 … more →
More With Les names its Person of the Year - the Millennnial Student
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: Everyone else is doing it, so More With Les is jumping on the bandwagon. After what seemed like endl … more →
The Bimbo Princess revisited
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Les Potter wrote 1 year ago: Remember the Bimbo Princess blogger I introduced in my last post? I asked her why she blogs. Her sim … more →
Yoda, the Constructivist Jedi Master, teaching IMC
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: If Yoda taught Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC), he would most likely be considered a Const … more →
Winning and losing: Why we don't call him "Alexander the Adequate"
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: I have become increasingly concerned about how well graduating students are prepared for life in the … more →
I love my job
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: Driving to work this morning, I kept thinking how much I love my job teaching Mass Comm at Towson Un … more →
Lessons Learned
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: I posted grades for spring semester 2007 yesterday. As predicted, there are a few students who quest … more →
Spring Semester 2007 is History...Almost
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: Spring semester is coming to a close. Only a few final exams left to give. After days and days of gr … more →
Good Morning, And This is Your Wake Up Call
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Les Potter wrote 2 years ago: Bill Sledzik, associate professor at Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, … more →
