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A new semester, TWO new stats sections

January 19, 2012

A new semester starts this week, and with it not one but TWO new sections of my Intro Stats course. …

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Students…

November 1, 2011

I have to gripe for a moment about undergrads. I teach 1 section of intro to statistics and 2 online …

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Unintended consequences of going paperless

September 29, 2011

As has been mentioned by a fellow blogger who is also attempting to go paperless this semester, one of the …

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Technology updates…Keynote Projecting issues

September 21, 2011

It’s been a while, and we are now about a month into the semester.  Time to update on how my …

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Clicker technology without hardware

August 15, 2011

One of the best ways to check student understanding of your topic is using some type of interactive knowledge check. …

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A few stats about student technology usage

August 15, 2011

I’ve been quite for the last couple of weeks while I tried to get ready for the new semester. I …

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Teaching Technology – an update

July 21, 2011

About a month ago I posted this article on how I was fed up with all the paper my stats …

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7 tips for making sure your lecture’s aren’t deadly

July 11, 2011

Despite extensive discussion in education circles, the lecture is alive and well in college classrooms.  Constructivism is all well and …

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Developing a new course: 10 questions to ask yourself

July 6, 2011

One part of holding a PhD is teaching, and part of teaching is developing a new course.  Now, I use …

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Changing the technology I use to teach

June 19, 2011

Last week I was beginning the process of preparing for next semester.  I had some level of dissatisfaction with the …

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