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Thanks to grant funding from the Durham Tech Foundation, the Durham Tech Library now has a brand-new Spanish Language Collection! Containing nearly 300 titles in print (100 of them brand new!) at the Main Campus Library and over 300 new ebooks/audiobooks available via the Dogwood Digital Library, the Spanish Language Collection is now available to all Durham Tech students, staff, and faculty. This collection is a complement to our Spanish language courses (SPA) at Durham Tech and provides a
For many, January is a time to mindfully start new habits, either just as a new year reset (hello, dry-anuary participants and all of you doing Whole 30 for your very last day today!) or as the start of a new, hopefully enduring habit. The library surveyed Durham Tech faculty and staff and asked them to anonymously share their goals for 2019. Have similar goals? Why not use the Read Great Things Challenge to help you reach those goals by reading a book to expand your knowledge, and also check
Are you looking for some study resources for the TEAS, NCLEX, or other professional exams? Or even some GED, ACT, SAT, and GRE prep? The Durham Tech Library has access to three test prep databases: BoardVitals, PrepSTEP, and TERC. All Durham Tech students, faculty, and staff are able to access these databases on and off-campus. Log in using your Durham Tech username and password, the same as you'd use for Self-Service, WebAdvisor, or Sakai. Not affiliated with Durham Tech? TERC is also available
Want to live your best Ms. Frizzle (or Futurama) life and explore the human body in all its glory, but from the comfort of your computer screen? Have we got the database for you! Gale Interactive: Human Anatomy is an innovative way to explore virtual 3-D dissections and immerse yourself in interactive research in the classroom or at home. This database not only lets you view each structure of the human anatomy in full detail, but it also offers a level of interactivity that you simply can't get
Durham Tech Libraries is happy to announce a new database with exciting professional development opportunities: Universal Class, a learning platform that hosts full-length courses and offers accredited continuing education certificates upon successful completion. Durham Tech students may have heard of other online continuing education platforms such as Khan Academy or Goodwill's GCFLearnFree. The course topic variety and assessment structure offered by Universal Class makes it an excellent
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” On Monday, August 5, 2019, author, editor, and teacher Toni Morrison passed away. Morrison was nearly 40 when her first book, The Bluest Eye, was published. She went on to become the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature for her "novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, giv[ing] life to an essential aspect of American reality." She earned the
Welcome to the new Instructional Technologies Blog. The Instructional Technologies team created this blog to keep instructors informed about technology tools at Durham Tech and best practices for using them with students. Enter your email address in the box on the right and click subscribe to be notified each time a new blog article is posted! In the 2022-23 academic year, our blog will focus on an important project that greatly affects faculty and students – specifically, the project to
This year, Wednesday, Oct. 20 is International Pronouns Day. It seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. https://youtu.be/qN65MSbjdOM Blair Imani. Smarter in Seconds: Pronouns, What are pronouns? (30 sec.) The language we use to speak to and about others matters. Using gender-inclusive language and a person’s correct name and pronouns demonstrates kindness, respect, and inclusivity. People can make assumptions based on a person’s name or appearance
Today, NASA announced that they've found proof of liquid saltwater on Mars. It's an announcement that makes one day finding living microbes on the surface more likely than ever before. With the movie adaptation of The Martian by Andy Weir coming out soon it seems like a good time check out what science has to say about the red planet, and through fiction discover what our preoccupation with the red planet says about us. All of the books below are available to check out of the library. This list
If you're looking to refine your grading process and provide feedback to your students, rubrics in Canvas are one possible tool to consider. Whether you're new to rubrics or just need a refresher, this will help to guide you through some of the questions that can come with using Rubrics in Canvas. If you are not familiar with rubrics, please take some time to watch the recent presentation from Alicia Johnson “ Streamlining Assessments and Alignment Through Rubrics ” put out by ODL ( Note: You