Nov 6, 2019
I teach math. Everybody’s favorite subject … to hate. Nothing gives me more satisfaction in my job than when what I am teaching finally clicks with the student. I teach students that love math and I teach more students that hate math. I have to say that the...
Nov 5, 2019
When you have a career field that is in short supply of personnel, sometimes you have to sell it. Well as a full time Biomed and a adjunct Instructor for the same I have to double sell it. That’s the impossible I took on last week. I was asked to present to an...
Nov 4, 2019
Flash back to 10+ years ago. Apple’s iPhone launched in 2007, followed by a wave of other devices over the next two years. The first use of an iPhone required a computer connection, including backups. Now return to present day 2019. We are used to so many...
Nov 4, 2019
In class last week, I asked students to begin drafting the introduction to the large complex writing project we have been working on for the past two weeks. I reminded them of what needed to happen in the introduction and told them to write for 20 minutes and then...
Nov 4, 2019
How about centering education on a wicked problem rather than centering on a department or traditional major? Radical idea? We have discussed for quite some time now about tearing down the silos in education. Why is this such a hard thing to do? Perhaps it is because...
