Monthly Archives: May 2009
A prayer for those taking final exams (bumped)
We’ve finally made it to final exams week in the second semester of what seemed like the longest academic year ever. I thought I would bump this old post from December 11, 2005 (original with comments here) to give props … Continue reading
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Filed under Education, Life in academia, Student culture
Four things I used to think about calculus, and what I’ve replaced them with
Image via Wikipedia I’ve been teaching calculus since 1993, when I first stepped into a Calculus for Engineers classroom at Vanderbilt as a second-year graduate student. It hardly seems possible that this was 16 years ago. I can’t say whether … Continue reading
Filed under Calculus, Life in academia, Math, Teaching
Shall we call it Blackangel? Or Angelboard?
The two biggest players in the learning management system world, Blackboard and Angel, will soon be one company, since Blackboard has purchased Angel Learning, Inc. for $95 million. From a superficial reading of the press release, it appears that Blackboard … Continue reading
Filed under Course management systems, Higher ed, Technology
