I have spent the last several months tracking websites and doing research in order to buy a new computer this holiday season. I’m thinking that instead of ordering from a place like Dell, I’ll go with one of the smaller operations that lets you pick exactly what pieces of hardware you want. So I know […]
Anyone who doubted that George Lucas was going to make more changes to the Star Wars movies got a rude awakening this week when various sites reported that Lucas has added blinking Ewoks, additional desert rocks, and anguished Skywalkers yelling “NO!” in climactic scenes. Plenty of people are upset about this, and we’ll see whether […]
Had a chance to spend some time brainstorming with my colleagues about things we can do during the year to reinforce each other and help students see connections across our different subjects. I talked about the tools that I’m going to emphasize in trying to help students work through their readings. One of those tools […]
Started a new school year today, although the students aren’t back yet. That’ll happen over the next couple of days. But the start of the year has me thinking back. 15 years ago I started my senior ear of college at Fordham University. I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately, because I absolutely would […]