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Today we had our second class in the seminar, a more traditional sort of class meeting than the other day. We discussed some of the big questions that tend to be assumed in most college courses, but which make sense … Continue reading →

I’ve been on blog hiatus again. It’s not that I haven’t been thinking, but somehow I’ve had trouble getting the posts out. So this is my public admission of that and a promise to clear my backlog over the next … Continue reading →

I spent the last week at Boy Scout Camp (Camp Olmstead at the Goshen Scout Reservation). The weather was temporate for this time of the year–it never reached the 90s, and the humidity was only moderate. All in all, it … Continue reading →

Village of Oia, Santorini, Greece This is where I was a year ago. You may not want to read any further than this. You may have noticed that I haven’t included very many images in this blog. That’s because I … Continue reading →

A couple months ago, The Washington Post ran a fascinating series of articles On Being a Black Man. There was one article I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. The article was the story of two African-American … Continue reading →

My non-academic friends have a tendency of remarking, “It must be nice to have nothing to do for three months.” Yeah, right. I am not complaining, however. This blog may be a bit quiet for the next few days as … Continue reading →

Here are the complete responses to my survey of students who chose not to do the meta activities. The discussion is in the previous posting. * I have no good reason for skipping the quizzes. I should have been more … Continue reading →

I knew it! I knew there was something suspicious about faculty who use IT to teach instead of lecturing like the prof in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Thanks to Phil at Market Power for the expose.

I had a couple of more thoughts on the latest meta activity my students completed. The final count was 15/49 students, or a little less than a third participating. It was substantially more than completed the first meta (10/49), though … Continue reading →