Category archives: Higher Ed
Teaching with powerpoint
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, but after reading this blog post by a CS student who prefers her teacher’s illegible chalkboard rants to powerpoint, it made me think about my own experiences teaching with and without it. In the beginning… continue reading »
National signing day is a fraud
Aah yes, national signing day. Future college athletes get sized up, measured and predicted to be the next big thing for their school. What is it, you ask? National Signing Day is always on the first Wednesday in February. It… continue reading »
Why are web people based in-house?
Image by chrisbb@prodigy.net via Flickr That might seem like a “Doh!” question for those of us who work in the field or who come in contact with web folks in our day-to-day educational lives. But I had a friend ask… continue reading »
Three goals for 2010
Image by taivasalla via Flickr I sat down to ask you this question, so I’ll answer it first. 1. Putting work in perspective. Work became a bigger part of my life than I liked and I had to take a… continue reading »
The blueprint project
Since I started this blog almost two years ago, it’s been largely a compendium of my stories, recommendations and rants about what I think would make the (higher ed) world a bit better. It’s been interesting (right?) but while I… continue reading »