Arrested Development, Contingent Edition
Blog: College Ready WritingOver Christmas, I had the pleasure of meeting up with some old friends. Many of them are also married and have young families, which is both nice (as we are all exhausted and...
View ArticleIt’s the Little Things...
Blog: College Ready WritingI was struggling to come up with a blog topic for today’s post. OK, that’s not entirely accurate. I was struggling to come up with a blog topic that wouldn’t put me through...
View ArticleNetworked Humanities Conference: A Report
Blog: College Ready WritingThis past weekend, I attended the Networked Humanities: From Within and Without the University conference. It was, apparently, “the cool place to be” according to Twitter (I...
View ArticleSharing Time!
Blog: College Ready WritingThere’s been so much good stuff online lately, that I want to share and comment here a little bit.First up: if you do any work in or with Twitter, then you should be...
View ArticleThe Cost of The Job Application Process
Blog: College Ready WritingA call was sent out a few weeks ago that there was a story being done about the cost of the current job application process and how that process has evolved.Now, we can talk...
View ArticleThat’s So Easy!
Blog: College Ready WritingMy almost six-year-old got in trouble tonight because she was backseat driving her brother’s play, repeatedly telling him that what we was trying to do was “so easy.” He is...
View ArticleGames, Games, Games
Blog: College Ready Writing“Mommy, I figured it out!”My 4-year-old son is pretty obsessed right now with Star Wars Angry Birds on my iPad. Like, asking me first thing in the morning if he can play...
View ArticleDevelopmental Writing: It’s Personal
Blog: College Ready WritingA few years ago, our university decided to have a “Developmental Day” where those of us who taught developmental classes (Math, reading, writing) would meet with the people...
View ArticleTired, Burnt-Out, Feeling Done
Blog: College Ready WritingI haven’t been blogging much lately. My book has been going well, but I have been stuck when it comes time to write here or elsewhere. Part of it is that it’s just too hard...
View ArticleInstructor < Professor
Blog: College Ready Writing (Thanks to my friend Brian Croxall for bringing this to my attention and lighting this fire under me, and others, on Twitter.)I’ve written about this issue before (actually,...
View ArticleEnough with the Candy
My kids are always coming home with candy as a reward for meeting the minimum expectations. I want it to stop.
View ArticleWither Education?
Some not-so-random thoughts and observations about the current state of education.
View ArticleAnnouncing THATCamp Kentucky!
Where I announce THATCamp Kentucky and reflect on my experience at THATCampSE2013.
View ArticleTime Flies
I've been blogging and Tweeting for three years. I think I should say, *only* three years.
View ArticleHow to Get Tenure (if you’re a white male on TV, anyway)
TV both gets it horribly wrong and terrifyingly right.
View ArticleDon’t Go? Leave? Stay?
It's that time of the year again, where we wring our hands about another cohort of incoming PhD students.
View ArticleDeferred Maintenance: It’s No Joke
What happen when one of your buildings goes down at the end of the semester? The issue of deferred maintenance when it directly impacts teaching and learning.
View ArticleWhere Do We Get the News?
In this 24-hour breaking news cycle age, where do we go to introduce the news to our kids?
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