The mathematical constant Pi represents the relationship between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. Pi is approximated as 3.14 though in actuality the digits after the decimal go on a […]

I’d really like to know what folks are doing with Omeka in undergraduate classes.

I’ve gone back and forth on a […]

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I didn’t realize how my comments may be perceived by my students.  I try not to write harsch comments, although I admit getting more frustrating as the grading process goes on.  According to the readings, Bean states that many Professors and teachers grade in the wee hours of the night when they are weary and […]

Well, that post title is a bit long and perhaps not too useful.  Let me clarify: the Rose chapter sets us a writing assignment about culture shock.  Students read a text that discusses stages that immigrants go through upon coming to the United States.  The text classifies the immigrants experiences into several phases and discusses […]

The authors throughout chapter 1 highlight what they see as a false dichotomy between teaching writing and teaching the content of a specific discipline.  If we start with a course and “add on” a writing component we’re playing into this dichotomy which separates teaching content from the writing itself.  As an educator if we already […]

This article is from the “Advance for Laboratory Professionals ” magazine.  I chose it because I needed it for continuing education credits and I teach Immunoserology which is a subject covering immunity and the tests used  to identify antigen-antibody interactions.  I though it was a nice snap shot of  all the major factors involved in […]

I found chapter 1 of this book interesting in that the authors decribe (traditional) college instructors and professors as people who deliver content and how we think of our courses as a “body of subject matter”.  Those of us unfamiliar with teaching writing intensive courses tend to assign writing assignments as separate from the class […]

Rose, M. (2006). An Open Language: Selected Writing on Literacy, Learning, and Opportunity. Boston: Bedford/St Martin’s.
Response to Rose Chapter 14
The Rose chapter, to me, was quite interesting because of the arguments put forth by the author and the implications of these arguments upon teaching and learning.  What struck me most is how similar some of […]

When I first started reading Chap 14 I panicked: there was a poem and one that I just didn’t get. I never liked studying poetry because I never really understood what the author was trying to say. As I continued to read I was able to follow the purpose of the discussion on […]

[p]At York College we’re actively discussing our composition/writing sequence as part of a general education reform effort. I’m hoping this group can help me put this work in a CUNY context. [/p][p]Please share your…

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A simple test of the “add media” feature in the system.
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audio file mp3 version
Don’t get excited about the audio file; it’s tiny and dull.

In recent weeks I have turned my attention inward a bit, focusing on the details of our own eportfolio project and some of the main areas of my summer responsibilities. Work continues in the eportfolio effort, though it’s a bit less visible.

Thanks for the link, George. Very interesting.

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The GUI for inserting images seems to readily accept left and right floats (or the deprecated “align”), and if you use the Advanced tab in the add image dialog box you even get the option to add custom styles to the image such as a margin around the image. This looks very full featured, and so […]

The people behind Academic Commons, at least the WPMU aspects of it, are very, very responsive. I switched to the Atahualpa theme, and took a few minutes to make a header graphic for the sandbox blog.
Some snags on the upload, mostly because it’s a bit clunky to get a header into the […]