9 days ago
gleuschk : Confessions of a Community College Dean: Thoughts on Service - I'm firmly in response category #1. should print this out and send it to the new dean
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2 month ago
gleuschk : Tomorrow's Professor Blog - mailing list cum blog
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2 month ago
gleuschk : The Atlantic Online | June 2008 | In the Basement of the Ivory Tower | Professor X - English adjunct tiptoes near the idea that not everyone should go to college. Duh.
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3 month ago
adamrg : Using Humor in the Classroom - Aimed at college professors -- who generally suck even more than high school teachers at basic human interaction -- but applicable in a variety of classrooms.
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3 month ago
gleuschk : E.W. Dijkstra Archive: Introducing a course on calculi (EWD 1213) - It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change.
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3 month ago
adamrg : On Being Neutral - Mr. Moses suggests that neutrality in the classroom is a fallacy because neutrality is a fallacy and pretending not to have an opinion is just going to inspire a lack of opinion if your students.
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4 month ago
gleuschk : If You Text in Class, This Prof Will Leave :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, and Views and Jobs - there are lots of issues all tangled up together here, but I'm most interested (selfishly, yes) in how my students feel about the core texting-in-class issue.
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5 month ago
adamrg : An Education President - Like him or not, what Barack Obama did yesterday, in my opinion at least, epitomizes what we need our next president to be, namely a teacher.
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5 month ago
adamrg : Singapore math in LA at Joanne Jacobs - The program requires more of teachers while offering less direction than they’re used to. And many schools spend their training dollars on fads like foldables, leaving no time or money to train teachers in a new way of teaching math.
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5 month ago
adamrg : Learning is Change. » Blog Archive » The Man with a Plan. - Our schools have become museums... filled with artifacts of antiquated systems.
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5 month ago
Andy Baio : My Favorite Liar - a college professor uses a clever technique to focus attention
deusx : Overcoming Bias: My Favorite Liar - "Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work into each of my lectures ... one lie."
Jeremy Zawodny : Overcoming Bias: My Favorite Liar - Overcoming Bias: My Favorite Liar: that would have been a fun class to take
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6 month ago
adamrg : Growing Up Online: Interviews: Steve Maher
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6 month ago
adamrg : Big changes could be in store for the WASL
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7 month ago
adamrg : A Difference: Academe's Dirty Little Secret - Get [your students] to create content that educates ... and they will automatically incorporate all those levels of engagement while they make their learning sticky... there's nothing like having to teach a thing to make you really learn it.
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7 month ago
adamrg : Bowdoin College Writing Guide - Good insights into writing in history. I agree with the majority of this guide.
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7 month ago
adamrg : Educational Jargon Generator - I'm using this... soon.
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8 month ago
adamrg : Things They Don't Teach You In Library School
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8 month ago
adamrg : Presenting about presenting - As Dan put it, "This is oh-shit incredible." I concur. Now to stay up all night designing tomorrow's slides.
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8 month ago
adamrg : Teaching in the 408: The Ledge - I can see the ledge from where I'm at. I'm not there yet, but I can definitely see it up ahead. It is good to hear this take on how to deal with the Ledge.
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10 month ago
philgyford : School of Everything - Currently a way to list and find teachers of many subjects. More features planned for the future. (via Blackbeltjones on Iain Tait)
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12 month ago
adamrg : 18 Tips for Killer Presentations - All of these are great tips for teachers as well. Too bad some teachers don't take them to heart.
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12 month ago
adamrg : think:lab: Stuff Nobody Told Us - This sounds like a great idea. Some really great stuff coming from Christan Long these days.
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14 month ago
gleuschk : Inside Higher Ed :: Could RateMyProfessors.com Be Right? - includes links to two papers suggesting high correlation between RMP and "official" evaluations, even better for "hot" profs.
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14 month ago
adamrg : Are We Ready? Are We Paying Attention? - I approve of this message.
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