July 2005
Friday 29 July 2005
- Teaching the Once-a-Week Course - Dennis Jerz' great Literacy Weblog alerted me to a new article up at Inside Higher Ed by Shari Wilson about the problems attached to night classes that meet for three hours, once a week, called "Once a Week is Not Enough". Wilson laments the lack of learning that happens in... (13:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Sunday 17 July 2005
- Office Tips for Teachers - I'm the sort of person who likes to learn new tips and tricks for using my word processor. As both a writer and a teacher, I spend a lot of time in front of the computer, so I find macros, shortcuts, and templates an invaluable resource for saving time and... (10:51 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Saturday 16 July 2005
- Getting By In Class...with HP Pavillion Notebooks - A professor drones about chemical compounds in front of a lecture auditorium brimming with students. The kids dutifuly take notes. The hip ones have laptops -- HP Pavillion notebooks. The camera takes turns closing in on different students in the room, dodging the teacher's attention to press a button on... (12:19 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Sunday 10 July 2005
- Play Dead: My New Horror Novel - Forgive the intrusion, but I just have to share my excitement: my second horror novel, Play Dead, is now shipping! The first draft of this book served as my Master's Thesis at the University of Idaho, but I have to warn you this book is, as Cemetery Dance... (12:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
Tuesday 5 July 2005
- Adbusters: Game of Life - The latest print issue (July/Aug 2005, #60) of Adbusters magazine is worth picking up at the newsstand. The primary theme of the magazine is "The Game of Life" -- and even though the whole magazine is well-designed as if it were that Milton Bradley game (by, for example, placing "Move... (10:56 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)