Saturday, February 26, 2011

Short time is hard time

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An open letter to university / college students : Final exams begin in six weeks or so. Perhaps it's a great stressor that final exams ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

When Sounding Smart is Pretty Dumb

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Over the last few days, I’ve been struck by how often my jargon meter has gone off. All right, I know what you’re thinking, so let me star...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

When the voices of tomorrow speak today.

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 In 1989, during my first year of undergraduate education, I paid $1,100 for the year of school. Yup - for the whole year!...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Superbowl commercials - the proud, the creative, the efficient.

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Like many folks, I'm watching the Superbowl tonight. OK, to be technical, I 'will' be watching the Superbowl just as soon as I...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

QOTD: How to read a textbook

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A few weeks back, I wrote about walking the walk  on the first week back to school. In it, I discussed getting students engaged in the readi...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

When in Canada, strap on your skates

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When January arrives in the Maritimes, she is followed with the predictable icy weather and snow storms of winter; these are our annual gift...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Birdies, bells and a biathlon

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In Halifax, you have to be living under an industrial size rock not to have realized that in just 13 days, 4 hours and 20 minutes (according...