A former boss/editor of my past had a list of “egregious” errors. As a grammar and mechanics/ linguistics geek, I kept track of it. I’m not sure I care about all the fine distinctions in other’s writing, but it’s fun…
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…
Evaluating sources – real vs fake (good vs crap/ craap)
Special thanks to Jessica Tipton from the JCCC Library who compiled support matrial below and shared it with me when I told her of my desire to do a better job teaching students how to evaluate sources. ProQuest Research Companion…
This Week in Sustainability: Climate change, the military and politics
Donald Trump urged to ditch his climate change denial by 630 major firms who warn it ‘puts American prosperity at risk’ As Trump Denies Climate Change, These Kids Die from It. There was no global warming hiatus US Military…
Education – America’s key to democratic sustainability
The Founding Fathers believed that an informed voting electorate was crucial to sustaining democracy. As such they created public education to ensure that all social classes were mixed initially – and that this way a true meritocracy could develop –…
China in the News
White paper on China’s planing and execution of the Tienanmen Square incident of 6/4/89 Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese – not Chinese – file this under “no duh.” Declassified Chiang Kai-shek documents put on line (The China Post link). Reddit link Look…
1.2.16 – This Week in Sustainability
Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘Go part-time vegetarian to protect the planet’.Conservative icon and former GOP Governor speaks out for the planet. Out-going EPA chief: ‘Good luck saying climate change isn’t real’ to Americans facing storms, droughts and wildfires Smog refugees flee Chinese…
This week in Sustainability
On education and sustainability Fetish for standardized testing hurting students news coverage lesson in false equivalency. On global climate change Reddit AMA with TED talks director. Misc Hops saves bees from hive collapse syndrome Bike lanes promote health and reduce…
Letter to my students: FA16
It started as a nagging concern that a couple students were about to give up – and needed a kick in the pants, as Grandma would have put it. It turned in to an email sent to all of my…
What I’m learning about Online Classes: FA16
They won’t log in with JCCC student G-mail identity, but be using there personal gmail on devices, therefore using the “walled garden” JCCC-only access privacy setting is problematic. Border between classroom and public is blurred or misunderstood. Need fewer, but…