Monthly Archives: June 2010
Some technology food for thought
I’m back from vacation and hopefully will be resuming the kind of blogging pace I had while at ASEE last week. I certainly have a lot to process and share. But right now I want to share just a couple … Continue reading
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Just so you’d know
…I’m all done with the ASEE and headed off on vacation in nearby Holiday World. Whatever it is I’ve left out about ASEE, I hope to fill in once I’m back home. If there’s something specific you’d like to know … Continue reading
Filed under Blog announcements, Engineering
Funniest remark of the ASEE so far
…goes to Robert Grondin of Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus, who made this remark in his talk in the Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering session: We do projects at the beginning of the course, because projects are fun, and … Continue reading
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Filed under Education, Engineering, Engineering education, Higher ed
Partying like it’s 1995
Yesterday at the ASEE conference, I attended mostly sessions run by the Liberal Education Division. Today I gravitated toward the Mathematics Division, which is sort of an MAA-within-the-ASEE. In fact, I recognized several faces from past MAA meetings. I would … Continue reading
What (some) engineers think about liberal education
I’m currently at the American Society for Engineering Education conference and symposium in Louisville. There is a lot to process as I attend sessions on student learning, technological literacy, liberal education, and so on, all from the perspective of engineers … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Engineering, Engineering education, Higher ed, Liberal arts, Life in academia
Random observation about workflow and life
It used to be, in graduate school and in my early career, that I really couldn’t get any serious work done unless I had large, uninterrupted slabs of time to work with. I had to have 3-4 straight hours, at … Continue reading
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Filed under GTD, Life in academia, Personal, Profhacks, Vocation
Plagiarism in high school
Image via Wikipedia About two dozen seniors at Hamilton Southeastern High School in the affluent northern suburbs of Indianapolis have been caught plagiarizing in a dual-enrollment college course, thanks to turnitin.com. Full story with video here, and there’s an official … Continue reading
Filed under Academic honesty, Education, High school, Higher ed, Life in academia
