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First Day Haiku
To the parking gods:Forgive us, for we know notwhat students will do. Yes, I know that you"don't need no English...
5 Reasons Microsoft Will Buy Blackboard
The top 5 reasons why we will see Microsoft buying Blackboard by the end of 2010: 1. The education market...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Labor Day
Many years ago, my husband and I planned our wedding for Labor Day weekend. Almost everyone we knew was a...
Don't be idle
My local paper recently printed a column by Click and Clack which included a query about whether buying a used...
An Adjunct World
Today’s news brought word of adjunct teachers in higher education being “hidden” by their employers in order to improve U.S...
Swine Flu and Attendance Policies
My friend Lesboprof is fighting the swine flu, which I imagine is no fun at all. Apparently, her Uni has...
Math Geek Mom: Probabilities and Possibilities
Last week, as classes started, I performed an experiment that I always use on the first day of each of...
Active Learning and the Scarcity Model of Grading
" I've been mentally toying with a scheme that looks like this: separate teaching from grading, then reward teaching that...