fellowhuman
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.
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).
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
On the flight back from Harmony U, I’m taking a moment to record some notes on the second half of my week there.
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.
Question: In CSS, how can we use columns to specify the width of a block of preformatted text?
Read on for an answer.
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.