JCCC has been in national news via tweets of the president’s comments at a public breakfast in Washington DC . KC Star, Pitch and others have reported. Apparently he has discouraged raising the mill levee to support the school (see…
From the Interwebs 2.13.19
Links to resources relevant to my classes. Advice from hiring committee – for anyone applying for anything Facebook, Google and Microsoft becoming Data Distilleries. Receiving email and text messages during activity diminishes IQ by 10 points. The Problem with Judging…
The No Classhole Rule
I‘ve written before about Robert Sutton’s book, The No Asshole Rule. It’s a lodestone text in business classes written by a Stanford Business professor and developed from an article he published in The Harvard Business Review. It’s a funny story. …
Don’t Judge Others by your Own Values.
I get tired of hearing people ask how many hours I teach then say, “God. I wish I only had to work 15 hours a week.” Bill Self, who coaches KU Basketball, has 40 games a year, and each game…
Advice for students from Comp 1 Profs: part 2
Dave Davis, veteran Prof, provides this advice.
When Students Tell Me Things I Have Asked Them to Document
Like: anticipated absences they think deserve excuse, reasons, excuses, mitigating circumstances. Talk is cheap. I only have so much working memory – and documenting or remembering things constitutes mental labor. This labor, and the stress attached, is the student…
Strengths Quest
I’d like an honest and critical look at what we get out of personality tests. I’ve taken Strengths Quest twice, and had similar (but not identical) results. As someone with “Ideation, Learner and Strategic” strengths, I may have done a…
Apply for JCCC scholarships !
The 2017-2018 JCCC Scholarship Application is available through the My Financial Aid tab in MyJCCC. The priority deadline is April 1, 2017, but departments, selective admission programs, clubs and/or organizations continue to award scholarships throughout the academic year. Some need-based…
Evaluating sources: Bias in the news
Fight Fake news. Know who is reputable. imgur.com/gallery/iPLkz#kP4Yax1 – This is accurate.
How to Use D2L: where the tutorials are.
For those students who are new to using online systems, somethings can be counter-intuitive, so I advise you to watch some of the tutorials. The icebreakers are in D2L, the Learning Management System (LMS). I’m guessing you are new…