Twitter Weekly Link Roundup for 2010-01-03

Twitter Weekly Link Roundup for 2010-01-03

January 3rd, 2010

Just getting started on twitter? You can follow @busynessgirl or try following one of my lists: Makes Me Think, Higher Ed Math, or K12 Math.

General tweets about teaching, technology, learning, and whatever else floats my boat:

Graphics and moving objects do not constitute a “game” #
What I did on my mental reboot: http://screencast.com/t/ZmY0NDJhM (picture) #
RT @MarkAndrewStout: You can get up to speed fast with my blog post “Your First Day with Evernote” http://bit.ly/1arIG7 #
In 2010 I am going to El Paso, Scottsdale, Austin, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Boston, Houston, Chicago, DC, Dallas, and Sedona (so far) #
Chain Factor is seriously addicting once you figure out how to play. I didn’t need to know that. http://chainfactor.com #
RT @pmacoun: RT@hrheingold Why Learning from PowerPoint Lectures is Frustrating http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=154 #
RT @tonnet: President Obama, It’s Time To Fire the TSA -http://is.gd/5FBHY Wow! Yes, like it. #
“100 Featured Learning Professionals Online” ( http://bit.ly/6RnHip ) via @allisunelearns // apparently I am not worthy #
New version of Knowledge-Attitude-Practice diagram for Instructional Practice: http://screencast.com/t/YTgzNjFmM #
New version of math courses taught at community colleges (a general flowchart): http://screencast.com/t/NmVjY2VkYmY #
The idea that hit me on the way home today almost caused an accident. Another one for the secret project. One day … you will know. #
Early-career faculty use more student-centered teaching than mid- or advanced (evidence of cohort effect): http://digs.by/15Vm #
What type of college actually uses writing in #math classes? (based on 2005 data) http://digs.by/15WZ #
The Cohort Effect: Coming of Age in Academia http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1854 (can faculty change?) #
RT @dajbelshaw: Just come across http://tizmos.com (e.g here: http://tizmos.com/dougpete) // Like this better than zumlink! #
Just found a stack of Games Magazines – the issue with the first set of color paint-by-numbers. Anyone want a copy? I’ve got 6. #
RT @johnfaig: RT @ShellTerrell: Using Serious Games and Simulations: A Quick and Dirty Guide http://bit.ly/7aM7oE #
Funding for GLS (Games+Learning+Society) in Madison is approved! Last year’s schedule: http://www.glsconference.org/2009/ #
Proposal submitted for Innovations in eLearning 2010: http://digs.by/163x Check. #
Is it cheating to leave off the fact that I am a math prof in conference proposals on general topics? Occupation: Professor #
#10yearsago Living in Laramie, WY. Finishing up MBA and starting work on Math MS. Writing a College Alg/Trig (never finished, but 1/2 done) #
#5yearsago Had just bought our house in the woods and was on DIAL-UP internet. Taking PhD classes in Higher Ed Leadership and teaching. #
First bonfire of 2010 (in the snow): http://screencast.com/t/Mjk2N2Nm #
Can’t wait to download Blio (Kurzweil ebook reader) on my new tablet next week: http://digs.by/16Cl #
Favorite posts of 2009: (60) Technology Skills We Should be Teaching in College (and K-12) http://digs.by/16OR #
If you’ve got the New Year’s decluttering bug, but can’t figure out how to cure it, try this: http://digs.by/16Oh #
Favorite posts of 2009: Dump Schedule-driven Online Course Design http://digs.by/16Ot #
Presentation: Levers of Change in Higher Education accepted for WFS 2010 in Boston (see proposal here: http://digs.by/16Ov ) #
This book ( http://digs.by/16PK ) about understanding ANOVA is SO good that I just went to see if the authors have written anything else. #
My dog’s contribution to smarmy office motivation posters: http://screencast.com/t/ZmEwODQ3N (“Desire”) #
Robocop’s new battle (the battle of the bulge) @Glennztees : http://bit.ly/jYFXK HA! #
Another favorite blog post from 2009: Hacking Higher Education http://teachingcollegemath.com/?p=1173 #
Dissertation 2.0 (353 hourly tweets of dissertation research): http://teachingcollegemath.com/?page_id=729 #

Making some progress on the dissertation:

Now it’s time to say to myself: Self! Get to work on Ch.3 of that dissertation! #
For those of you trying to figure out what #drpt stands for, it is my hourly dissertation report (all hours: http://digs.by/15UC ) #
#drpt (hr 327) In an effort to procrastinate Ch.3, I am fixing the APA issues in Ch. 1 and 2. #
#drpt (hr 328) Still trying to determine APA rulings on obscure things like where figures & tables should go in a dissertation. #deathtoAPA #
#drpt (hr 329): I have finally conquered the “dot leader” in a table of contents. Yay me! Shall I make a video? #
#drpt (hr 330): Revising the KAP diagram to make sure that I’m covering only what the dissertation covers. #
#drpt (hr 331): Revised the CC Math diagram to be more general (finally found the original version). Also removing colored parts. #
#drpt (hr 332): I am beginning to hate my dissertation again. Sigh. I have a bipolar relationship with it. #
#drpt (hr 333): Have finally figured out where to use “and” and where to use “&” in APA citations. Ugh. #
#drpt (hr 334): Revisions of Lit Review (Ch.2) to account for changes resulting from Procedural pilots. And more nit-picky APA. #
#drpt (hr 335): KAP gap for math hinted at by Ernest (1988) talking about espoused model ad enacted model (attitude vs. practice). #
#drpt (hr 335): Decided to add the HERI cohort effect figure to the dissertaton, had to convert it to B&W first. Still on Ch.2 revision. #
#drpt (hr 337): Spent the last hour tracking down which tables of which literature I have been using for tables & figures. Yucky. #
#drpt (hr 337): Good news. I have just printed the revised versions of chapters 1 & 2 + the survey instrument. All APA compliant (I hope). #
#drpt (hr 338): Meeting with my advisor, a couple more minor changes and I am allowed to send Ch.1 & 2 to the rest of my committee. #
#drpt (hr 339): Have made revisions to Ch.1 & 2 as required. Sending to committee … yay! Now to crank on Chapter 3. #
#drpt (hr 340): Built a table to explain the different possible samples and the benefits / drawbacks of each one. #
#drpt (hr 341): Working on Ch.3. Describing the various questions to measure the influence of instructor experiences. #
#drpt (hr 342): Crap! Realized I needed to rephrase four questions of the professional development section if I want better data. #
#drpt (hr 343): Jumped ahead to data analysis section. Making another table. I like tables & diagrams. Can I put cartoons in dissertation? #
#drpt (hr 344): Now starting a table for all the research questions I’m NOT asking, but can be answered from the data I’m collecting. #
#drpt (hr 345): I am tying my brain in knots with this analysis. The data from this research should be good for about 50 academic papers. #
#drpt (hr 346): Reading Introduction to Analysis of Variance (Turner & Thayer) … really easy to understand, seriously! #
#drpt (hr 347): Revised Q.8 to include more texture about highest education achieved. Of course that means more data analysis. Sigh. #
#drpt (hr 348): More revisions to research questions and proposed data analysis (which grows more complicated by the minute). #
#drpt (hr 349): Working on Ch.3 sections on attitude (done) and contextual characteristics (still working on it). Correlated ETQ with CoT. #
#drpt (hr 350): Still plugging away on Ch.3. Just need to write an introduction, get a few key citations in place and make it “flow” now. #
Make the dissertation go away. #
#drpt (hr 351): Some revisions to questions #3-8 on the survey instrument (169 questions total on the survey). Mother of all surveys. #
#drpt (hr 352): Home stretch! Cleaning up a few sections, getting appropriate research citations to support choice of survey, analysis, etc. #
#drpt (hr 353): Have just sent the draft Chapter 3 to my advisor for a look over. I may actually get this thing to my committee soon! #
Now I don’t quite know what to do with myself. I wonder what I will feel like when the whole damn dissertation is done? #

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