So, yesterday I bought a GRE prep book. Started studying this morning. Reading through the beginning I laughed out loud when I came across this paragraph: “[while taking the GRE] You will see a fourth, unidentified, experiment section on your GRE. This section will either be Math or Verbal and will look exactly like the [...]
According to Mark Bauerlein, yes. This morning an article from the LA Times was brought to my attention that briefly summarizes Bauerlein’s thoughts regarding the effects of the changing media environment on young folks, thoughts which he published in his book with the catchy, market-ready title The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young [...]
She was accepted to Teach For America after an arduous interviewing process and today she accepted her position in a rural area outside of Honolulu. She will be gone for two years teaching special ed. Congrats to her! She’s very excited and I’m confident she will do an amazing job. It will be sad to [...]
Last week Dr. Wesch and his class ran the 5th(?) successful World Simulation for Intro to Cultural Anthropology here at K-State. I was there helping get things set up and video taping the action. Every year the World Sim always proves to be an awesome experience. Having taught for Dr. Wesch twice and guided more [...]
Yesterday, Bob Stein visited us here in Manhattan to talk about, among other things, the future of the book in the digital age. Bob is the director for the Institute for the Future of the Book which he dubbed a “think and do-tank” that is interested in exploring the emerging forms of and potential changes [...]
What do you all think? I just finished taking a couple exams today and I noticed something: neither of them taught me anything (besides how to take tests and that there is always a correct answer). The common paradigm seems to assume that all learning takes place in the classroom before the exam and that [...]
I thought I’d post some general complaints/concerns I have when it comes to teaching. I have a particular class this semester that embodies many of the things I feel are counter-productive to an effective learning environment. The class is an upper-level psychology course comprised mostly of juniors and seniors. The approx. number of students is [...]
