Sometime in the last few months Infohub has been moved behind a firewall. This aggravates me to no end, but I will return to that. First – BIG UPS to THE JCCC SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT. This is something to be proud…
Corporate target for research and collaboration
As part of our unit on marketing, I generally engage in research on businesses and industries that may connect with our values and relate to sustainability or China. For the last few years I’ve been interested in Garmin because: their…
Cell phones
From the article “Child drownings in Germany linked to parents’ phone ‘fixation’” The German Lifeguard Association (DLRG) – the biggest organisation of its kind in the world, providing 40,000 volunteer lifeguards at German beaches, lakes and the coast – has…
Smartphones in class
“Working while receiving texts or email reduces workers’ performance IQ by 10 points“: From the conservative but reliable The Economist. “Study: Allowing smartphones in class lowers grades–even for students who don’t use them” from BigThink.com, a website whose credibility and…
Technology, social media and mental health
I have found, or perhaps my family has informed me, that heavy use of social media on my phone makes me short tempered and unhappy. This is particularly true of my use of Twitter. I had an account I rarely…
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…
Making sense of copyright: memes
I mixed up the Team-based Learning Ad campaign this year: did it earlier in the semester, made it more personal for students (they chose what they saw as the most important issues – with no exceptions for controversial subjects), and…
Social media and academic freedom.
US teacher fired for jokingly correcting spelling in a student tweet. (How credible is Daily Mail? ) Kansas Board of Regents ruled a couple years ago that faculty at KS colleges can be fired for “damaging the brand” of the…
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…
Fun online reading speed test from the WSJ
Thank reddit for sharing a fun online reading speed and comprehension tool from The Wall Street Journal. I just took the test because I like to say I’ve done everything I ask my students to do, and since they shared…