Monthly Archives: February 2011
How I make screencasts: Chapter 0
Since I started to put serious amounts of time and effort into screencasting last summer, I’ve gotten a lot of requests to blog about how I go about making these things. Starting with this post, I’m going to do a … Continue reading
Filed under Inverted classroom, Profhacks, Screencasts, Teaching, Technology
Technology making a distinction but not a difference?
This article is the second one that I’ve done for Education Debate at Online Schools. It first appeared there on Tuesday this week, and now that it’s fermented a little I’m crossposting it here. The University of South Florida‘s mathematics … Continue reading
How the inverted classroom saves students time
Our semester is into its third full week, and most of my time (as you know from checking my Twitter or Facebook feed) is being spent, it seems, on making screencasts for the MATLAB class. I feel like I’ve learned … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Educational technology, Inverted classroom, MATLAB, Teaching, Technology
An M-file to generate easy-to-row-reduce matrices
In my Linear Algebra class we use a lot of MATLAB — including on our timed tests and all throughout our class meetings. I want to stress to students that using professional-grade technological tools is an essential part of learning a … Continue reading
Filed under LaTeX, Linear algebra, Math, MATLAB, Teaching
Computers, the Internet, and the Human Touch
This article first appeared earlier this week on the group blog Education Debate at OnlineSchools.org. I’m one of the guest bloggers over there now and will be contributing articles 1–2 times a month. I’ll be cross-posting those articles a couple … Continue reading
Eliminating STEM majors in the name of efficiency?
Thanks for bearing with me during a little hiatus on this blog. I’ll be back into semiregular posting habits starting now. Problem: There’s not enough qualified candidates with degrees in the STEM disciplines for the STEM jobs that are coming … Continue reading
Filed under Education, High school, Higher ed, Life in academia, Technology
