When I read Frank Bruni’s “Naked Confessions of the College-Bound,” I knew what he meant. Too much information. Not too much information as in too many facts or statistics to make a decision. But the kind of too much information when a person discloses information that is – well, too much. In Bruni’s commentary, he […]
Are you ready to be interviewed on Skype as a job applicant? Over the last few years, Skype has been used as the next step after the traditional phone interview. But now, Skype often is replacing the phone interview. A video Skype interview creates more of a complete interview experience for both the job candidate […]
An important element to effective teaching and learning is having students recognize the personal value of what they are learning in your class. Sometimes we need to state the connection in class because the connection that is obvious to us as teachers may not be evident to the students. What we hope is that they […]
If you haven’t been to a college graduation in a few years, you might be surprised at how technology is such a part of the graduation experience. I was a marshal at graduation for one of the University of Florida’s master’s degree ceremonies and will share some observations. [With almost 50,000 students, UF has several […]
Dr. Meg Jay’s “The Defining Decade: Why your twenties matter — and how to make the most of them now” was recommended to me by Nicki Karimipour, a twentysomething doctoral student who is a teaching assistant with me. We both read the book and are discussing what we’ve found most interesting about the book. This […]
I’m very interested in the Millennials, in large part because I am a college faculty member and have been teaching Millennials since they started arriving on campus about 2000. [The Millennial generation group has birth dates from 1982 to the early 2000’s.] Every semester, I work with about 200 Millennials in undergraduate and graduate courses […]
For about 30 minutes on Thursday afternoon, my Multimedia Writing class was trending in the United States on Twitter. #JOU3109 was Number 3 in the list of 10 trending topics in the U.S., behind #FunnyPetCards and #SleepWeek and ahead of Mardi Gras and Pokemon – and hundreds of other topics being tweeted at that time. […]
I could hear them. That high-pitched whistle. Then I could see them at the top of the tree near where I had parked my car. Cedar Waxwings. I’m a bird enthusiast and the Cedar Waxwings are one of my favorites. My first “research” paper was on the Cedar Waxwings – a report for second grade, […]
Having business cards is a useful part of your professional profile, especially if you are on the job market or are in college and anticipating going on the job market. I’ve asked Nicki Karimipour, a doctoral student at the University of Florida, to talk about decisions to be made in creating business cards. by Nicki […]
A friend of mine is applying for a college teaching position. She’s been working in a science research lab for about ten years, and this is her first application for a college job. Here’s the question she emailed me: “In working through the application, I have a cover Letter and CV, but they ask for […]
Julie Dodd 