My wife and I had the recent opportunity to be a part of a family event that usually brings people together. One of my nieces got married......a year ago but they decided to postpone the wedding party until this November. They live in Tucson, so we figured why not. So...
It happens every year when the snow hits the parking lot. People forget how to park. Those of us that go to work every day generally park our cars in a parking lot 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. We don’t seem to have any trouble getting our car parked between the...
Bookmarks are a handy tool that are included in multiple browsers. The purpose of these marks is to make websites used frequently easy to access. Click on the icon at the top right of the page. Move your cursor down to where “bookmarks” is listed to view your...
Three years ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Rekognition, a video scanning service designed to recognize key elements within a video frame. If IMDB ever helped you recall which actor starred in what movie, then think of Rekognition as the ultimate video search...
In the spring of 1955, Eugene made two life-changing decisions that would define his future. First, he decided to pursue his roommate's girlfriend or recently made ex-girlfriend, and on February 14th he enlisted in the Navy, telling his mother, "I am no longer your...
I've been questioning whether or not to write this particular blog. I've come to the conclusion that this story needs to be shared. During our narrative unit, I chose to wear a particular shirt that has the message "Free MOM Hugs". The MOM is written in...
Unit 3 of the ENG111 curriculum is designed to help out students learn the elements of effective argumentative writing. We refer to them as Pathos, Ethos, and Logos — Emotions, Ethics, and Logic. This week’s active and applied learning project was to put these...
As I mentioned in my last post, this summer I read Small Teaching by James Lang and found it incredibly informative. Another interesting topic he writes about is how to help students remember course information. He calls this retrieval and says that if we want...
