Reading Time: 5 minutesJennifer Rogers is the Foreign Language Coordinator and an instructor of Spanish at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, MO I am a longtime user of MindTap for World Languages. As new features and functionalities are added to the platform, I’m always excited to try them in my classes. One of my favorite tools […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesCybele Beckham is the marketing manager for World Languages at Cengage. She’s passionate about language learning and eager to give students the opportunity to practice their communication skills. Speaking is the most challenging skill for Intro Spanish and French students. To help your students in their Intro Spanish and French courses overcome nerves and […]
Reading Time: 14 minutesColleen Zajac is a Senior Copywriter at Cengage with a zest for learning. She loves rock climbing, mountain biking and coffee—not necessarily in that order. What are the qualities of a great teacher? Most of us can’t forget the instructor who taught our favorite class. The one who got the lessons to stick. That […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesJulia Simonyan is a junior at San Jose State University Starting college fresh out of high school can seem scary and nerve-wracking. It’s okay for students to feel that way because college life can be confusing to navigate. As a young freshman back in 2019, I wasn’t exactly prepared for what I was getting […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesKajsa Larson is a Cengage faculty partner and associate professor of Spanish at Northern Kentucky University No matter how you’re delivering your World Language class, it’s essential that students have low-stakes opportunities for conversation to sharpen their listening and speaking skills. But for a fully online, asynchronous course, this can be a challenge. So, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesSeth Patterson is a Certified Customer Technical Support Representative at Cengage whose interests lie at the intersection of accessible technology, free software and resilience. Whenever you use a computer or the internet, you use energy. And since energy resources are finite and can hurt the planet (even renewables can be hard to recycle and […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesWendy Earthsong, BA, CCS-P, CHPS, is an Associate Professor in the Medical Coding program at Everett Community College I am a professor in a Medical Coding/Billing program at a community college in Washington state. My experience in the healthcare field began as a certified nursing assistant. I transitioned to management and administration of healthcare […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeth Ryan is an Associate Professor of Instruction at Columbia College Chicago My favorite MindTap feature is the Late Policy setting in the gradebook. Let’s face it, college students have many responsibilities competing for their time and attention. And at this age, time management skills are not always their strong suit as they are […]
