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Year in Review 2009
I’m about to leave on a five-day mental reboot: no computer, no Internet, no cell phone, and lots of sunshine and pleasure reading. For the last month I’ve been feeling kind of drained of energy and...
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Mental Reboot 2009
After a truly crazy 2009, I decided to take an end-of-the-year mental reboot. Joel and I traipsed off to Punta Cana (in the Dominican Republic) for five nights. We participated in one excursion while...
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The Trail of Dots in a Table of Contents
For years, I’ve tried to figure out how to get the “proper” trail of dots into a Table of Contents (TOC). The problem? I didn’t know how to google it properly. Apparently, you need to use the phrase...
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The Decluttering Bug
It never fails that I get the decluttering bug between the Fall and Winter semesters. You know, the sudden urge to wander around your house and get rid of the JUNK! I’m afraid that even with an 8-month...
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Mathfaery: Elizabeth Hamman
Elizabeth Hamman was a great math educator who will be truly missed in the International math community. She passed away very suddenly last week, at the age of 39, after suddenly developing a problem...
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What is a Doctorate? Well, I am here..
To understand where, exactly, here is, you’ll just have to go see the rest: What Exactly is a Doctorate? I have planned 20 hours a week to work on my finishing the dissertation starting in September....
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Year in Review 2010
Clearly, the best of 2010 is yet to be published (happy to report that the last two chapters of my dissertation have been turned in to my advisor). Time seems to bend towards the end of the year in a...
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Powerless (aka Life Without Internet, Round 3)
On July 5, 2011, I walked in to a Sprint store to make absolutely sure I was locked in to an ironclad contract for unlimited data service off my mobile hotspot. The service representative (henceforth...
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Self Evaluation: List of Fives
"Fives" by Leo Reynolds Whenever I hire a new assistant, I have a list of questions I ask to get a feel for how we can best work together. I want to make sure I take advantage of their strengths and...
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New Chapter: Life Reboot
For the last year, I’ve felt this yearning to do something different. I’ve been a full-time faculty member for a decade now, teaching many of the same courses semester after semester after semester...
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Momentary Lapse of Memory
I feel like I’ve been in life free-fall all summer. I didn’t begin the summer intending to quit teaching, change jobs, and move 1000 miles away, but that’s what I did, and it still catches me...
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NPS and Gamification
Last weekend I visited Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument for a 3-day digital detox. [Yes, believe it or not, I can put away the Interwebs for 3 whole days.] While hiking in...
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My New Work Colleagues
Last month, I took a new position as Director of Learning and Innovation for Area9 - they build personalized learning software and learning simulations (e.g. LearnSmart, SmartBook, and SmartLabs). In...
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