Facebook - the new frontier. Well, relatively new for those who are in the new forty. By young folks' standards Facebook has almost always been around (how frightening is that notion for folks who have a handful of decades in?). 😉 I came upon Facebook a number of years ago. In the beginning, I visited my Facebook [...]
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Lucky, lucky duck!
Today was officially the first teaching day of the spring semester for me. I got my first look at how I will be spending my semester. Oh yes, it is going to be a wild ride. I have a whole slew of energetic, thoughtful and engaged students who appear ready to learn. Yes, this is [...]
My summer plan…
As an educator my years have come to be measured from August to May. I have to say, this past year has been a very long and tiring one. Regular readers of my blog are aware of the ups and downs and ins and outs of that statement. Not that it has been one without [...]
Product endorsement
I remember when Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz was on the Wheaties box with all his gold medals...he was the consummate champion and he was on the Wheaties box with his beautiful face and body - yeah, with all his medals as well (as if that was the focal point). Of course, Spitz being on Wheaties [...]
The Twelve Days of Christmas for College Faculty
Well, it's that time of year again - the end of the Fall semester when final grades are but a hop, skip and a jump away. Students are trying to hurriedly complete whatever requirements they have for classes and negotiating with faculty over any missteps they have made over the semester (and yes, "negotiating" is [...]
A joy multiplier…
It has been a fabulous summer, but come Monday life as I know it resumes in earnest with the start of the 2010-2011 academic year. I have to admit (in a geeky faculty kind of way) that I am a little bit excited to get back into the classroom with my students. I really do [...]
THE NEW FORTY 