5 tools for when you’re sick
I had a health issue come up this week that meant I couldn’t teach on Monday, as planned. I’ll spare everyone the details, but suffice to say once the medicine I needed kicked in, I knew it would only be…
Category Productivity
Getting things done gets redone
I met with a student yesterday who was completely overwhelmed. She used to be a faithful user of a paper planner, but had not used it this semester and was feeling the consequences. The student had come to the conclusion…
Feedback and grading workflow guest on Mac Power Users
A couple of weeks ago, I was the mini workflow guest for the Mac Power Users podcast, episode 240. Katie and David were in rare form. It was David’s birthday and perhaps nearly the last episode he recorded prior to announcing…
Inviting more ease into your week
I enjoyed the conversation with Natalie Houston immensely, which aired this past week in episode #034. She reminded us all to find ways to have more of a sense of ease in our lives. She said: Productivity, to me, is…
Assessing and tracking blogs
I made the move a few years ago in my hybrid classes to stay mostly away from discussion forum posts. They tended to generate more of a transactional perception of the assignments. Blogs seem to inspire people to do their best…