It’s strange to see that the Fall 2021 semester has been billed as back to normal while, well, not everything is. As with so many others on and off campus, we are doing our best to help students adapt to life on campus, whether they are first-time students or returning Read more…
Today is my last first day of a session for graduate school. Given all of the road bumps that have been in my path over the last two years, it’s hard to believe that the end is in sight. I have been lucky to have peers to work with outside Read more…
As another challenging school year comes to a close at Southern Methodist University, we continue to discuss ways to help students not just survive but thrive as their final projects are turned in and they prepare for another finals week where many are not on campus. Finals week events used Read more…
Last year, I was preparing to teach my first class in twenty years. I prepped my slides and discussed the in-person presentation with my boss. I was anxious, but didn’t realize a pandemic would completely shift how I had to teach my one-shot session – I had to teach via Read more…
Libraries and publishers have been in the news again as arbiters of cancel culture and censorship after the foundation that publishes the books of Dr. Seuss decided not to continue to publish six of his books. The foundation had determined that images of some minorities in these books are “hurtful Read more…
As we approach one year under our strange conditions, I find I’m weary. Of staying at home. Of juggling grad school and parenting and an internship and other work. And I’m tired of being tired. For a long time, I didn’t have the attention span for novels. My son was Read more…
Honoring the spirit of exploration inherent in this class, I’ve created a presentation using Prezi, my first time using the software. While I created the presentation, I learned a few things about Prezi: Prezi presentations don’t embed in WordPress well. There are apparently a couple of plug-ins that might help Read more…
These readings hit me hard. While I’m sure I will do some more reflecting in my symposium post, I wanted to write something separate as well, to react to the last few readings on this topic. This is directed not only to our wonderful professor here, Dr. Stephens, but to Read more…
The idea of using technology to measure movement is nothing new at modern universities. Many use technology to study movement for research, but these laboratories and research facilities are often associated with physical therapy or kinesiology programs, and their goal is usually to study movement in order to make treatment Read more…
I love the idea of exploration to learn. Particularly when it comes to new technology, the best way to learn about it is to try to use it. Whether it’s called “learning through play,” as described by the LEGO Foundation (2016) or Learning 2.0, the backbone of the 23 Things Read more…