Monthly Archives: February 2016

When Dinosaurs Ruled JCCC

Posted on February 29, 2016 by mbrowning

Over the five days of Spring Break 1996, roughly twenty JCCC faculty gathered in the Educational Technology Center to be trained on such essential web tools as Hotdog Pro, Photoshop, and Macromedia Director. At least Photoshop is still around. In Hotdog … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing Food

Posted on February 24, 2016 by mbrowning

A few weeks ago, the JCCC English Department elected to collect food for the school’s food pantry. Being the cheapskate that I am, I figured I should dump the responsibility over to my students. Here’s how it worked. I have … Continue reading →

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Missing the Mark on Library Automation

Posted on February 3, 2016 by mbrowning

I should have written this something like nine months ago, but given how cluttered life is, it has gotten lost under a pile of other pressing matters. Last spring, I was opining at a conference lunch table about my feelings … Continue reading →

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This is a Depressing State of Debt

Posted on February 3, 2016 by mbrowning

If you don’t know about your student debt, you’re not a-loan. <groan> When a company in the student loan business interviewed students about their loans, it found that only 6 percent knew how long they’d be repaying the debt and … Continue reading →

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Beating Writer’s Block

Posted on February 1, 2016 by mbrowning

Some guy named Kenneth Burke has given us not one, not two, but six ways to overcome writer’s block. Now nobody will have an excuse. Here’s one that’s ridiculously easy: This one’s pretty simple, and it’s amazing how often drinking … Continue reading →

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