Faculty at St. Lawrence University are known as scholars in their fields and masters in the art of teaching. The faculty at this institution, however, are especially noteworthy for their generosity in freely sharing their work and for their unbridled enthusiasm in supporting colleagues' effective innovations. The Best Practices Web project is a wonderful example of those characteristics as they play out in instructional and pedagogical practices.

> Visit Information Technology's Teaching and Learning website at St. Lawrence for additional information and resources.

Dr. Marina Llorente

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Department: 
Modern Languages & Literatures
Project Title: 
Connecting Cultures, Students, and Learning Contexts: Video Production in the Language Classroom
Project Description: 
Marina's project stems from an advanced level spanish course where students are required to conduct an interview with a spanish speaking faculty member. She's taken that interview format, made a few minor changes, and now has her intermediate spanish students interview returnees from abroad as part of two month project that ends with a cultural presentation. Students in intermediate spanish gain the experience that comes with a formal interview while students returning from abroad get a chance to reflect on their experiences.

Dr. Brad Baldwin

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Department: 
Biology
Project Title: 
Google Earth + ArcGIS: Mapping the Adirondacks
Project Description: 
Typically, Dr. Brad Baldwin's Lake & River Ecology class would take out a map, plot their intended route(s), and make the 1 hour trip to Cranberry Lake to explore the ecology of the lake and collect samples. With so much travel time invovled (2 hours roundtrip) in a 3 hour lab period, Brad was inspried to work with St. Lawrence Univeristy GIS technician Carol Cady to provide students with a better use of their travel time through researching the area with Google Earth and ArcGIS before the trip.
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
- John Dewey
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
- Albert Einstein
Learning is a place where paradise can be created.
- Bell Hooks

Contribute

We hope you will consider how your own work might be featured as an example of best practice in teaching and learning in liberal arts education. The process to contribute varies by project type, but always incorporates peer review.

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