Posted in Teaching and Learning on April 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I almost cancelled Robo I tonight. You know I am feeling really crappy if I consider cancelling THAT class. However, I decided to come because there are only a few weeks left and we are launching a new project, the Golf Ball Box. Knowing that I would not be able to stand for long, I [...]
Posted in Teaching and Learning on April 17, 2007 | No Comments »
You send students out on a video safari, show them a little about editing, and you just never know what they will come up with.
Posted in Teaching and Learning on April 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Everytime I walk by our Learning Assistance Center (LAC), it warms my heart to see students helping students. Some are on the computers, others at the tables. Here are the students that choose to learn. Here are the ones who endeavor to teach. All are engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. At every opportunity, I [...]
Posted in Teaching and Learning, robotics on April 11, 2007 | No Comments »
Last night we had a great robotics session. No, we didn’t build anything. No, nothing blew up (although there was some fire involved). All we did was sit and talk for about half the class. And it was amazing.
One thing that I notice is that these guys get so caught up in the hands-on part [...]
Posted in Creating Community on April 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Dan and I were talking last night about how amazed we were at what had been accomplished. Something we both thought would take all week was finished in a day. I wondered aloud if there were other groups of students on campus who were like us, because I think we both recognized that there is [...]
