Never forget your Alumni This past weekend I attended a reunion for graduates of our program from 1998 and 2003. It has been over 15 and 10 years respectively since these students left our halls […]
ACM Student Chapter
Our ACM Student Chapter I was the faculty sponsor when we first formed our Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter (link dead, bringing back when available) back in 2002. The chapter went dormant after […]
One Thousand
One Thousand Views I started this working year with a plan to write close to one post per day. Secretly, I also set a goal of breaking 1000 page views in a month sometime in […]
WordPress in the Classroom
WordPress Blogs for Projects This semester I am teaching a course which is project based and the students are developing applications for Android in small teams. This is first time I have taught this course […]
Being a Leader
Are You a Leader? I’ve always been an active (some say hyperactive) person in any of my places of employment. I always look for ways to improve or optimize processes. I’ve done this in my […]
Twitter for Teachers
Are you on Twitter? I’ve been using Twitter for over five years apparently but my use has picked up significantly in the last year. Twiage.com tells me my “Twitter age” to the day as seen […]
Ribeye in Cream Sauce
Dinner Tonight Rib eye sliced thin with onion, tomato, asparagus, serrano chiles and cream sauce. Ribeye in cream sauce. Preparation Cook asparagus in broiler with a little olive oil and salt sprinkled on top […]
Schoology First Impressions
Surprised by Schoology As mentioned last week, I’ve moved to Schoology as my LMS (Learning Management System) for my courses this semester. I am teaching a total of four groups across three separate courses which […]
Engage Students with Facebook
Go where they are: Facebook A long time ago I was able to engage my students via newsgroups (nntp) or the forums in Moodle or Blackboard. Lately getting students to post on the forums in […]
Sign My Syllabus
Did you read the syllabus? Often the syllabus for courses is an exercise in formality of creating a document that we are required to make and ensure students are aware of its existence. Very rarely […]
