The Profhacker Week in Review

Here’s what you might’ve missed last week:

• Jeff showed how his students develop contracts for digital projects.  Guest author Abby Knoblauch pointed out that one rarely learns how to teach a graduate class. Nels discussed how one might prepare for letting a colleague substitute in your classes. Guest author Derek Bruff explained how multiple choice questions can address conceptual learning.  I called for experiences with advice that seemed both sincere and evil.
• For those in need of relaxation, Billie suggested green tea as a ritual.  Natalie asserted that it is in fact possible to exercise at conferences!  In lieu of such sage practices as these, I talked about napping.
• Speaking of travel, Erin strategized about the on-campus interview.
• Julie pointed out “A Few Ways to Back Up your Website.” George offered “5 Easy Speech-to-Text Solutions,” and wondered about “The Ethics of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.”
• In standing posts: Billie asked “What’s for Lunch?,” and suggested bean salad.  In Open Thread Wednesday, discussions emerged about re-organizing tagged files/pictures, and more follow-up to the Facebook suspension at East Stroudsburg.  In Weekend Reading, I linked to a manifesto on teaching writing, speculations on the social contract of academic publishing, and more.

I already won the in-house Oscars pool (one category: animated feature.  The 6-yr-old picked Coraline . . . sucker.)!  It’s all gravy from here.

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