Tag Archives: Teaching

How to cheat good

By alex | Published: 5/18/2006
I just submitted my last set of grades for the semester. This is always a big weight off my shoulders, but since it will be the last set of grades I ever submit at the University at Buffalo, it is an even greater relief. And so I think it’s time for me to “give back” […]
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Congress outlaws email

By alex | Published: 5/11/2006
Had to see this coming: Republican representatives have introduced a bill that would mandate that schools provide a filter that cuts students off from any website that may cause them to “easily be subject to unlawful sexual advances, unlawful requests for sexual favors, or repeated offensive comments of a sexual nature from adults,” among other […]
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I’m a cold outlier

By alex | Published: 5/8/2006
I’ve already complained about my lack of hotness on Rate My Professor. According to Inside Higher Ed, James Felton crunched the numbers and found that there is a postitive linear relationship between “hotness” and quality ratings, as well as between “easiness” and quality ratings. Or, as Inside Higher Ed has it “If you’re not sexy, […]
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WordPress.com

By alex | Published: 5/2/2006
At the beginning of the semester I wrote a little about the technical issues of aggregating content for the nearly-400 person class I’m teaching. I finally solved the problem (mostly) by using a copy of Gregarious. (That aggregator is set up here.) I’ll write shortly about how I think that the big blogging course worked […]
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