Historical Archives
Today has been designated “Stop Cyberbullying Day.” The events that were revealed on Monday regarding Kathy Sierra prompted such a day, but of course, bullying, online or offline, is nothing new. Nancy White has an excellent post about online bullying and what it means for those of us who participate extensively in online communities. I,…
I’ve been keeping some links around for a rainy day. Here, in no particular order, are some of them, and the reason I kept them in the first place. Dean Dad on smaller comp classes. DD comments on the IHE article. As a writing teacher, I definitely believe in smaller classes. It’s a joy to…
I’m not sure what I’m on the edge of, but I don’t think it’s good. I’m a bit overwhelmed at the moment, honestly not sure if I’ll get everything done. Partly that’s my own fault. I’ve reclaimed my weekends a bit. I used to work many hours on my dissertation, but now that there’s just…
I am deeply disturbed by this whole incident, which I just read about here. Kathy’s commentary about the whole incident, which she posted on her blog today is even more disturbing. It’s sad, too, that the threats kept her from participating in a conference that has been heavily criticized for having some serious gender imbalance.…
That title’s probably going to get me some icky Google searches, but oh, well. I’m referring to the idea that moms (in addition to media and marketing) might play some role in oversexualizing their daugters, according to Judith Warner (Times Select, free for academics). I was going to do a great analysis, incorporating ideas from…
I spent over 2 hours this evening finally getting my inbox down to less than 50 messages. Everything that’s in there now are things I’ll be addressing in the next couple of days. I also went though my folders and purged messages (and whole folders!) that I no longer need. As I was purging an…
I still have 344 emails. Going through the 100 emails generated probably 30 tasks or so. I have 12 projects. Only two of these have an end. The others are ongoing, e.g. faculty development and Blackboard support. I should probably add Blogging as a project. I know there are projects I’m leaving off. Maybe I…
Before this weekend of sloth, I had been assessing my work flow (or lack thereof). Every once in a while, I’d find myself thinking “I need a better way to do this.” What I’m finding problematic is keeping up with the little tasks that come across my desk and fitting those into the big picture.…
That’s the best word to describe the weekend. I hardly left the couch. Given that Friday was both my birthday and the day of a giant ice storm, really there was no need to leave the house. Mr. Geeky went out for provisions (including a birthday cake) and we all hunkered down for a long…
LLA* from Bad Fortune Cookie sent me a lovely tiara for my birthday. I have no idea if I’m wearing it correctly–not being a beauty queen in real life, but for what it’s worth, here I am. The card that came with it was funny. It had two little girls with purses on the front…
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