Why Arch I decided to switch back to Arch Linux on my desktop and laptop last week. Motivation/Inspiration: I’ve been using Linux since the early 90s (1993 if my memory is correct) when I installed […]
Back to Normal? Back to the Future
A #MyFest23 Session This is a post in support of a #MyFest23 session that I am collaborating on with George Station together with student views from Nadia (CSU) and Paul (Tec de Monterrey). Motivation/Inspiration During […]
Certificate Course: Educational Leadership and Collaboration
Final Assignment This is my submission for the final assignment of a three day short course from July 12 to 14, 2023. Our assignment is to post on a Padlet but as usual I choose […]
Certificate Course, Call to Action: Culture of Respect and Peace
Context Yes, I still have not returned to frequent posting here but that may change soon. No promises, I will publish here when I find value in it and have the energy. Last week I […]
Bent but not Broken
It Has Been Awhile My last post on the blog was a year ago yesterday: Journaling during Covid-19 – Entry 592 After many daily posts during the pandemic I reached a point where it was […]
Profesor Inspirador 2021
Background So I applied years ago and decide that I would apply again. My students pushed me to do this, so thanks to them for the motivation. Feel free to leave a comment below if […]
Find and Attribute Images from Flickr
Background Many of my students and colleagues ask me how I choose the photos for my blog posts and presentations I use in my keynotes. The ones with keen eyes also note that I always […]
Creative Commons for Educators, my plan
The Context This month I celebrate 25 years since I started working at the Tecnológico de Monterrey here in Guadalajara. I’ve spent about 6 of those years back in Canada and the USA working as […]
Year in Review (2018-2019)
Compromisos We have a good process at the Tecnológico de Monterrey where we define our commitments (“Compromisos”) for the academic year in advance and then review them at points during and at the end. Part of […]
#Ungrading, Rest and Reboot.
edit (April 2, 2019): This post was linked from an excellent article authored by Colleen Flaherty at Insider Higher Ed, “When Grading Less Is More“. I thank Colleen for reaching out and including text from this […]
