Managing Students
I was brought onto the Datasquad to help Paula manage her wide variety projects and be an amateur ‘Project Manager’. While excited to learn about project managing, I was surprised…
Using FileMaker to Design a User Interface for an Inventory Database
My current project is to design a web and desktop user interface for a physics inventory database using FileMaker. The database is shared between Carleton and St. Olaf College and…
Janet Russell and Melissa Eblen-Zayas present at #BlendLAC17
Janet and Melissa will be discussing CUBE (Carleton Undergraduate Bridge Experience) at this year’s Bryn Mawr Blended Learning Conference on May 17. For more about their session, click through: “Online…
New [un]workshop: Preparing for Learning to Happen During Class
About this [un]workshop: Class time is precious and often we want to use it to hear from students, push content to them, and practice them in ways of thinking and…
How-To: Use PDFs to Easily Collect Information from Forms
Here’s a neat little tutorial to get you started with automatic data extraction from PDF forms! Step 1: Open your PDF in Adobe Acrobat (NOT Adobe Acrobat Reader. This system…
I Just Know…
A recent Science Post satirical article titled, “I just know” replaces systematic reviews at the top of the evidence pyramid, is a pretty funny read with a darker side. While…
New [un]workshop: Extending learning outside class time (and knowing that learning happens)
About the [un]workshop: Assigning work for students to do outside of class so they come prepared to engage inside class can be a great pedagogical move. If all students don’t…
New [un]workshop: Making the case that learning is happening (for everyone) in your classroom
What the [un]workshop is about: High Impact Practices suggest that much learning occurs outside the formal classroom. This likely isn’t the case for your classroom but how can you know?…
Demystifying communications for student workers
My colleagues Sarah Calhoun, Austin Mason, and I are collaborating on creating 4 new undergraduate internship positions related to front end/back-end development for digital humanities and digital scholarship projects, accessibility…
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