Complex object creation tools: review needed
With the recent release of new versions for both Omeka and Sophie, I’d love to see some comparative review from both institutional users (e.g., the perspective of someone in charge of a project team) and also individual users (e.g., teachers trying to create content for specific courses or modules). I’m not saying I’m going to […]
Grad rates of the fanciful and research kind
While Erin Dillon and Inside Higher Ed are creating mash-ups of the NCAA hoops brackets and college graduation rates, I’m working on reframing the CPI when I can’t handle fighting fires any more, except this evening I’m working with the 2900 counties in the U.S. with upper-grades enrollments reported for 2001-02 through 2005-06 and regular […]
I did not sign up to be a firefighter
… so why do I feel like I’ve spent the last 5 hours playing the role? Oh, yeah: my university is back from spring break; the first department peer review committee meeting (annual evaluations) is tomorrow morning; I’m out of town most of next week. I want a week to work all by myself, and […]
Busy next week
March 24, 2008Teacher Attrition: Age-Specific Transition Rates (Sherman Dorn and Stephen Provasnik)In panel Sociological Perspectives on Teachers and Teaching2:15-3:45American Educational Research Association (SIG – Sociology of Education)New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, Soho Complex, Soho Room, 7th Floor March 29, 2008Defending Effective Accountability and Assessment Practices10:45-12:15Joint AFT/NEA Higher Education ConferenceHilton Washington ChairOra James Bouey, Health […]