Saturday, March 16, 2013
Extraordinary Website
Penny Kuckkhahn has created the most impressive web page I have ever seen. In symbaloo, she created a matrix of all the social media and OERs she uses to help her students. Check it out:
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/socialcollaboration . Follow Professor Penny on Twitter at @pkuckkahn . I learned more from attending her workshop than I ever thought possible.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Kum & Go Gets Me Going
I posted this on my Facebook page on July 29.
Caught on the horns of a dilemma...literally. "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak". It's time for church: my spirit wants to go but my flesh would much rather stay home with my dogs and cats. What to do?
Kum & Go!!!!! Kum&Go gets me to church because I bribe my body with a 52 oz Coke Zero with 3 splashes of vanilla, and a blueberry muffin. Ole sinner body knows it will get its reward if it just cooperates. "I'm On My Way Up To Canaan Land", by way of Kum&Go.
I am so glad I was born for such a time as this!!!!!!!!! — in Rogers.
Caught on the horns of a dilemma...literally. "The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak". It's time for church: my spirit wants to go but my flesh would much rather stay home with my dogs and cats. What to do?
Kum & Go!!!!! Kum&Go gets me to church because I bribe my body with a 52 oz Coke Zero with 3 splashes of vanilla, and a blueberry muffin. Ole sinner body knows it will get its reward if it just cooperates. "I'm On My Way Up To Canaan Land", by way of Kum&Go.
I am so glad I was born for such a time as this!!!!!!!!! — in Rogers.
Smackdown! Chick-fil-a vs. Starbucks
Don't you hate it when kids don't get along?
I don't share the anti-gay-marriage views of the president of Chick-fil-a, but I love the food, so I will not participate in a boycott of said restaurants. Hint: I also believe in freedom of speech.
Similarly, I am very fond of Starbucks coffee; I will definitely not boycott them, even though some evangelical Christians want to drive them out of business for giving financial support to pro-gay-marriage organizations. Again, I think I heard somewhere that the constitution protects the right of freedom of speech, and the Supreme Court just affirmed the right of corporations to give financial support to causes and politicians as their exercise of free speech.
Where does that leave me? I guess I won't boycott anyone, and I think that's the best practice for everyone.
To quote the late Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"
Perhaps I'll take a photo of myself with bags from Chick-fil-a and Starbucks.
I don't share the anti-gay-marriage views of the president of Chick-fil-a, but I love the food, so I will not participate in a boycott of said restaurants. Hint: I also believe in freedom of speech.
Similarly, I am very fond of Starbucks coffee; I will definitely not boycott them, even though some evangelical Christians want to drive them out of business for giving financial support to pro-gay-marriage organizations. Again, I think I heard somewhere that the constitution protects the right of freedom of speech, and the Supreme Court just affirmed the right of corporations to give financial support to causes and politicians as their exercise of free speech.
Where does that leave me? I guess I won't boycott anyone, and I think that's the best practice for everyone.
To quote the late Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"
Perhaps I'll take a photo of myself with bags from Chick-fil-a and Starbucks.
Who and What Made You the Way You Are?
Sunday, I posted the following status on my Facebook page.
Who made you the way you are? Who contributed to your successes? In the article, "The Credit Illusion" in the New York Times, David Brooks looks at how our time of life effects how we might answer the credit question. This commentary is not about financial credit, but about life credit. As always, Brooks gets his point across using wit, wisdom, and impeccable writing style.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/opinion/brooks-the-credit-illusion.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share
Who made you the way you are? Who contributed to your successes? In the article, "The Credit Illusion" in the New York Times, David Brooks looks at how our time of life effects how we might answer the credit question. This commentary is not about financial credit, but about life credit. As always, Brooks gets his point across using wit, wisdom, and impeccable writing style.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/opinion/brooks-the-credit-illusion.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share
Saturday, June 16, 2012
New video: How to find the cube root of a number using TI-83
How to use the TI-83 to find the cube root of a number
This is a little flash video I made for a student today. I was using a super little, FREE program called Jing. It is a little clunky and the videos won't upload to Youtube (because they are flash), so I may have to switch to a program like the new Snagit which is $50.00.
Does anyone have any better ideas?
Barb
This is a little flash video I made for a student today. I was using a super little, FREE program called Jing. It is a little clunky and the videos won't upload to Youtube (because they are flash), so I may have to switch to a program like the new Snagit which is $50.00.
Does anyone have any better ideas?
Barb
Saturday, February 25, 2012
How to Handle Student Excuses
I just replied to a ProfHacker post. I liked what I said so much, I decided to publish it here.
I teach at a community college, so very few of my students travel to Europe or say they can buy me. On the other hand, I do have students email me the first day of classes and say they will not be able to attend for the first several weeks because of __________________ .
I feel great annoyance at communications like that. However, I calmly tell the students that everything we will be doing - I teach math - all the topics we will cover and all the work they will be responsible for are on the syllabus and on the Internet. I tell them to make sure to take their laptops with them, and I will see them whenever.
Secretly, I know these students will probably flunk or withdraw, and I just let the bad feelings go. After all, there is nothing I can do to control anyone, especially people who are (technically) adults. We do not have a Math SWAT Team to send after errant students. They will flunk or withdraw and hopefully learn something from the experience.
At least, I pray, let them register with another math prof next semester.
Unfortunately, in these times of stressed budgets, the entitled students (who do incredibly stupid things) will only add to our attrition rate, thus giving the state legislature that much more ammunition to use against us.
I teach at a community college, so very few of my students travel to Europe or say they can buy me. On the other hand, I do have students email me the first day of classes and say they will not be able to attend for the first several weeks because of __________________ .
I feel great annoyance at communications like that. However, I calmly tell the students that everything we will be doing - I teach math - all the topics we will cover and all the work they will be responsible for are on the syllabus and on the Internet. I tell them to make sure to take their laptops with them, and I will see them whenever.
Secretly, I know these students will probably flunk or withdraw, and I just let the bad feelings go. After all, there is nothing I can do to control anyone, especially people who are (technically) adults. We do not have a Math SWAT Team to send after errant students. They will flunk or withdraw and hopefully learn something from the experience.
At least, I pray, let them register with another math prof next semester.
Unfortunately, in these times of stressed budgets, the entitled students (who do incredibly stupid things) will only add to our attrition rate, thus giving the state legislature that much more ammunition to use against us.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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