Reflections on Hybird Teaching

October 28, 2009

I saw edustir’s recent post about teaching and it had me thinking. Granted, I haven’t taught in nearly 4 years. However, I wonder just how easy it would be for me to get  back into it.
Would it be like riding a bike? They say you never forget how to ride a bike.
The students today however [...]

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College students and Credit Cards

September 21, 2009

When I first arrived on the college campus  as a student back in the last century, I got my first credit card before I was able to vote. I was with a fellow student (oh, the peer pressure)  questioned the representative  asking how I could of possibility qualified when I didn’t reach my 18th birthday [...]

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Is your college and/or university ready for a pandemic?

September 7, 2009

There has been an occurrence of a certain illness (which shall remain nameless)  on a college campus recently. Upon hearing this, I checked the college’s website to see what information they had on their website regarding the illness.
To their credit, they had information on their  the homepage, which then links to information which keeps the [...]

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Spitzer goes from the legislature to the lecture hall

September 3, 2009

Former NY state Governor Eliot Spitzer is now an adjunct professor at The City University of New York (better known as CUNY) at City College. Read more about it here.

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Fashion hits the college campus

August 26, 2009

I know its that time of year. Along with the usual school supplies shopping  hubbub come the (silent scream!) clothes shopping.
People either entering college or (have been in there for a while, ahem)  are grappling with that one question, what to wear.
Three PhD candidates  serve up inspiration and ideas at academichic as to not only [...]

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Are books being cited in papers anymore?

August 13, 2009

During my trip to Chicago, I went to a  networking event. At the event, I met an adjunct professor who teaches digital media. We discuss that even in this day and age of Wikipedia and search, that its important that students use and understand the fundamentals of actually using and citing books for research.
Back when [...]

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Recommended Reading from the Eduweb Conference

August 10, 2009

Can I just say that this is not a complete list. With school already starting for some folks and the rest soon to follow, I figured I  would follow up on my list from last year and  release my 2009 version of recommended reading. Granted I wasn’t able to attend every session, I think know [...]

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Life after college: A letter to recent college graduates

August 4, 2009

Before we start: I would like to reference my Disclosure Policy. This is solely my opinion and no one else’s. 

Welcome to the second third edition of Life after College. It has come to my attention that their is a certain news article about a recent  graduate suing a college because they have not [...]

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12 Favorite Tweets from EduWeb 2009

August 2, 2009

This is the second year that I’ve attended the EduWeb Conference. This year, there were more sessions that I wish I could of attended but couldn’t because some of them happened at the same time. Fortunately, thanks to to the resources of Twitter, I was able to view what was going on, even though I [...]

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Hello from EduWeb 2009 in Chicago

July 21, 2009

I am here in Chicago for the EduWeb Conference here in Chicago. I will write a summary post when all is said and done, bit in the meantime you can follow me at @nextsteph.

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