How (Not) to Cheat
Dec 5th 2008nerd alert
If the first page of your take-home exam says “Do not use Wikipedia or other websites”, then do not copy
Closing the virtual office
Nov 30th 2008nerd alert
A couple of my students (all the undergrads, as it happens) added me as friends on Facebook. No particular problem there
Put it in the report?
Nov 19th 2008teaching
Occasionally, there are communications difficulties with some of my students. Teaching, as I have learned to do it, is an
Teaching is hard!
Jun 9th 2008nerd alert
… and I haven’t even started doing it yet. The phone interviews with “Hobart U” continue to go
Kill them
Jun 3rd 2008General
More from the Chronicle job-hunt forum, which I’m starting to like more and more – “I have shared this
Phone interview!
Jun 2nd 2008General
Apparently I’m already a “finalist” for the temp faculty position at “Hobart University”. I suspect that that means I just made it through the initial screening of “is breathing and apparently has a degree in chemistry.” But they did mail me the morning of the day they were to begin considering applications, so [...]