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3 Lessons from Borders for Higher Ed
The bankruptcy of Borders and the closing of 400 stores provides an opportunity to think through some lessons for for...
A light, and a bright shiny object
The light is a bottle. A Coke bottle. A one-liter Coke bottle, to be precise. You know it's a Coke...
Math Geek Mom: (Probably Unintended) Gifts from the Jesuits
It is suspected that the 360 degrees in a circle may have originated from the 365 days in a year...
A Modest Proposal Inspired by Aaron Swartz
I don’t know what Aaron Swartz planned to do with the four million or so articles that he downloaded from...
Is Google an Indictment of Higher Education's Failures?
Evidently, Larry Page of Google "once considered accepting goats as a legitimate form of payment from those seeking to buy...
An Open Letter to Congress
Dear Congress, As you know, I spend a disheartening amount of my time benchmarking, quantifying, and planning initiatives with measurable...
On Becoming an EdTech Conservative
My favorite educators are the risk takers. The academic tech colleagues whom I most admire are the innovators. But with...
The Joys of Administration
This week I started my new position as Director of my university’s teaching center. This is my dream job: I...