January 2019

  • Can I Get a Real Collaboration Tool Over Here?

    You want to ruin your students’ day? Tell them they have a group project as part of your class. Yes, the dreaded group project. Where a student puts their grade in the hands of others. You know the joke… When I die, I want my group members to be my pallbearers, so they can let me down one more time. The perceived problem with group projects is that students have to work together outside of…

  • Don’t Get Impressed by the New Shiny

    There’s a lot of glitz in technology. When something new comes along, if it does something really cool that nothing else does, there’s something in your favor. Easy to use app? Awesome. Is it free*? There’s another plus. Are all the cool kids using it? OH MAN SIGN ME UP!! But to revisit the…