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Agile teaching

Jordan Johnson — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 23:00:35 UT

Teaching and software development have more in common than one might think. Agile development, a popular methodology in software engineering, corresponds to good teaching practice: both teaching and software development involve building and changing knowledge in a system, and both require simultaneous awareness of the present state and the long-term goals. Good practice, in both contexts, acknowledge human limitations so we can work gracefully and efficiently.

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CMC-N 2015 at Asilomar

Jordan Johnson — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:13:54 UT

Here are my notes on the 2015 CMC-North conference, plus a little neat graphical stuff (and doodles of the rooms some of the talks were held in).

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Starting 2015-16

Jordan Johnson — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:17:17 UT

We’re a week into the fall quarter—sweating out a hot August in class—and there are a few things I’ve done that I’d like to record for posterity:

new wall diagrams (and seating layout)
collaborative rule-setting
Talking Points for communication skills
traditional vs. standards-based grading in Haiku

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HU2015: Part 2

Jordan Johnson — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 17:24:35 UT

On the flight back from Harmony U, I’m taking a moment to record some notes on the second half of my week there.

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HU2015: Part 1

Jordan Johnson — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:38:47 UT

Wednesday night in Nashville: halfway done with Harmony University 2015. This year I’m back as a director, having attended for coaching with my quartet Constellation last year.

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Monospaced fonts and column units

Jordan Johnson — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:32:29 UT

Question: In CSS, how can we use columns to specify the width of a block of preformatted text?

Read on for an answer.

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Finale 2014-15: polygons & trig

Jordan Johnson — Sun, 24 May 2015 00:29:14 UT

As before, I’m concluding this year’s geometry classes with an all-too-quick look at right triangle trig and the area of regular polygons. This is a great way to wrap up the school year.

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