Hospitals and the humanity of students
Some lessons on teaching learned while recovering from open-heart surgery.
Higher Education
Two more thoughts on habits and teaching
How can a focus on habit formation help improve teaching and faculty development?
What to do about Algebra 2?
A recent Forbes article calls for replacing Algebra 2 with computational thinking. What's good about that idea and what needs more careful thought?
Why should academics be productive?
Productivity isn't about efficiency or looking good. What is it about and why should it matter to academics?
Three highly effective productivity hacks for dealing with unstructured time
I've worked in mostly unstructured environments over the last two years. Here are 3 productivity hacks that allowed me to get stuff done.