Notes and Musings

Answering many questions that I frequently get after the semester.

… and ironic image I needed to make.

Does the MacOS VoiceOver keep showing up when you reboot your Mac?

Crochet (realistic!)

The hyperbolic title comes from this piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Adding a clock to a classroom without one, using a screensaver and single line of code

Reviewing a previous final with the lens of good summative assessment practices.

Initially planned to discuss pages 59-66 of the guide on summative assessment.

… in which I describe all the steps taken to ensure the WSU Undergraduate Research Conference goes forward in 2024.

Discussing pages 49-58 of the guide on the basics of assessment.

Answering the question I’ve been asked a few times.

Discussing actionable mid-semester feedback, and having a relaxing agenda

Getting to know our students thanks to a little help from Github Copilot

… in which I describe the next stage in my career.

Discussing pages 26-44 of the guide on choosing appropriate mathematical tasks.

… in which I reflect on over five years in the Senate, and explore the good we’ve done the University.

… in which I reflect on the most disappointing session in my five years in the Senate.

… in which we go even further on the road of non-standard assessments.

Discussing pages 15-25 of the guide on practices to encourage student participation and persistence.

That’s not their name.

First, big shout-out to Dall-E for generating the fantastic ’not it’ image.

… in which we see that I am directly quoted in the campus newsletter, and we reflect on what that means.

A description of what I did in order to get Blackboard’s Gradebook to hide numbers, show letters, and give meaningful and motivating colors.

Discussing pages 1-14 of the guide on practices to encourage student participation.

Aubrey Wolfe and Montana Loibl presented on some common and not-so-common occurrences in the classroom.

Measuring student learning not just on a 50 minute test.

Using short quizzes to check learning and take attendance.

An actual email from a student this semester.

What does your ideal classroom look like?

A very brief evolution of my note taking apps, and coercing Obsidian to emulate the golden days of 2008.

Outlining the three day mini workshop for returning GTAs

Tools I use, inspired by the community at uses.tech

Charting the trend of 2023’s reading vs. previous years.

A brief entry about how I’m grateful to have won a teacher of the year award just like my dad.

Some video directions for showing my students how to submit assignments on Onenote.

An outline of our new GTA prep workshop held in August 2023

Below are answers to some frequently asked questions I get after the semester is over.

I’ve spent the last week trying to improve my site’s presentation of material for my calculus students.

Some notes / links from this week’s teaching seminar

How does a student “get 75%” of a 50 minute exploration that even Achimedes never solved in his lifetime?

Some notes / links from this week’s teaching seminar

Want students to learn more?

I wanted a “simple” way to write my class materials in Markdown.