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Serious science toy for the International Year of Astronomy: the Galileoscope
Galileoscope (not the ones in my house) I wasn’t going to mention it here until I got my hands on it, but the two Galileoscopes I ordered in the summer finally made their way to my house yesterday, so I can now tell you all: they’re shipping! They’re real! One is for us and the […]
Reality-check request
I have what should be a more long-lasting podcast that I’m starting for both of my classes this semester. It’ll be a set of historical perspectives on education news, and it should be public-access, though it’s hosted on a walled-garden CMS. Right now there are three podcasts, and I’d appreciate if someone could try to […]
H1N1-motivated (and very brief) reviews of CamStudio, Captivate, and Elluminate
Preparation is better than panic, or so they say. With questions about the expected wave of H1N1 infections this fall and winter, my administration is trying to gently prod faculty into thinking about what might happen if 30-40% of students in a class are infected and absent. (Well, I’d hope they’re absent if they’re infectious.) […]
Exam reflections
Today I finished grading my summer class finals. USF’s Blackboard installation is throwing a hissy fit when I try to upload the grades, and it’s Sunday, so I’ll wait for the tech wizards to straighten things out early in the week. In the meantime, since my brain is fried, I’ll repeat a few thoughts I’ve […]
The purpose of seminars/discussion
I’m at THATcamp this weekend and having a great deal of fun. (Check the Twitter archive for tweets with the #thatcamp tag…) But there is a lot of serious stuff here, and I was hoping that it would confirm or undermine the way I’m currently thinking about the problems of teaching online. The demography of […]