On-line quiz development
I’ve just finished the third on-line quiz for EDF 6517 (the historical foundations course). I think I finally have the drafting of quizzes on-line down. Last week I discovered that I can’t give detailed, individual feedback to students. Rats! So I add feedback to the essay/short answer items, and I’ve promised to give individualized feedback […]
Work habits and meetings
The student from Haverford College who was shadowing me for several days this week told me yesterday (his last day) that I don’t end my work when I go home for the day. In fact, for the week, I did work late at night (which I do approximately half of every workweek). He saw that […]
Me and my shadow
A sophomore from my alma mater, Haverford College, is shadowing me around this week for a few days. Haverford and Bryn Mawr College, which share the same career office for students, calls these externships (as opposed to internships, though I don’t understand why), and James is the third externship who’s visited me in the last […]
Smooth day
Today was not a particularly productive day. Nothing great happened. No great epiphanies. No finished projects. But it was a remarkably smooth day to begin a semester, at least for me: appointment at 8:30, discussion with some colleagues a bit later, appointment made at credit union for 1 pm, some business by phone until then, […]
Sick day yesterday
By Sherman Dorn on January 30, 2003
For the first time in a long time (a few years), I asked the office manager in my department to log a sick day for me. Usually, when I’m sick, I just work from home and get something done productively. No such luck, yesterday. I watched a campus meeting via the Internet, but I didn’t […]
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