Tied Up Today

National Kindergarten Day, on 21 April, celebrates the birthday of Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (1782-1852), who created the concept of t...

Today I'm leading a workshop about using Blackboard (our online learning system) in traditional classroom courses. So I'm wearing my...

I am attending the "Anthology Together" conference in Nashville this week. It's focused on educational technology, specificall...

 Today at EKU we are participating in the New Faculty Orientation "showcase," telling them about the Blackboard system. So I'm...

For the first day of classes at EKU I'm wearing my chalkboard tie! I am starting both my Beginning Ethics and Honors Freshman Seminar cl...

To help introduce the Blackboard software to our new faculty at Eastern Kentucky University, I'm wearing my "blackboard" tie. ...

Teachers, do you remember using chalk on blackboards? Today is National Teachers' Day, during Teacher Appreciation Week. In my earliest ...

Today I'm part of a meeting with staff from the Blackboard company, to talk about how their software fits into the future needs of Easte...

Today is National Handwriting Day, honoring the birthday of John Hancock (1737-1793) -- because he signed his name on the Declaration of I...

I'm wearing my "blackboard" tie today in hopes that its karma might help us with our currently desperate situation regarding t...

First day of classes at Eastern Kentucky University, and yes, I do get to meet my new students! Twenty live bodies in a physical classroom a...

This is the middle of National Teacher Appreciation Week. I feel well appreciated by my students, current and former!

Today I am running four workshops for faculty, to introduce them to our Blackboard system and to the new features added through a system upg...

Happy National Handwriting Day! 23 January marks the birthday (in 1737) of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress and ...

First day of school at Eastern Kentucky University! (Monday)

Today is Blackboard Update Day at EKU, so I'm wearing my tie with chalk-on-blackboard. I am spending part of the day at an honors facult...

For the first day of school at Eastern Kentucky University, I'm wearing my "blackboard" tie!

Today is "National Handwriting Day," celebrated to honor the birthday of John Hancock. As he signed the Declaration of Independenc...

The second Tuesday in May is (apparently) the annual celebration of Patching EKU Blackboard Day. Every year we grab this chance between the ...

Whenever February 22 falls on a Tuesday, that 2/22 day should be known as TWO SDAY. I will celebrate somehow at 2:22:22 p.m. (although it wo...