Communication
The Joy of Diversification and New Endeavors
I reflect on my decision to leave my teaching position and channel my inner Billy Beane.
Tag: Teaching
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants about being a college professor.
Faves
Geeking Out Over Scrabble in Python
Writing a little script to calculate the streak needed to hit a user-defined winning percentage.
Analytics
Visualizing My Students' Slack Messages
A Tableau dataviz that explores the relationship between days active and messages sent.
Higher Education
Professors: Expect Your Student Evaluations to Drop
The online experiment likely means lower numbers at the end of the semester.
Higher Education
Tips for Professors Teaching Online for the First Time
Some tools to help newbies weather the transition.
Higher Education
My Five Most Popular Posts From 2019
What resonated with my readers last year.
Dataviz
Advice for My Dataviz Students
Parting thoughts as they embark on their careers.
Collaboration
Using Slack in the Classroom: A Case Study
How professors can use the collaboration tool to engage their students
Book Reviews
The Years That Matter Most
A review of Paul Tough's new book
Communication
Finding Teachable Moments in Poor Student Presentations
How a disappointing result can lead to true learning.
Communication
Adding Spice to a Mundane Lecture Topic
Illustrating business processes need not be that boring.
Communication
Update on Slack For Dummies
What's up with book number nine.
Announcements
Talking Tech With Professor Simon
Encouraging important discussions about the role of technology in our society.
Dataviz
How a Good Syllabus Can Set the Right Tone With Students
Why not show them that you've got a little personality?
Dataviz
Visualizing My Teaching Schedule
Sometimes Gantt charts actually make sense.
Analytics
The Analytics Project That "College Me" Would Do
If I were 21 again ...
Book Reviews
Summer Reading
Being able to regularly feed my brain is a nice perk of professor life.
Dataviz
Sprucing Up Python Scripts With Data Visualization
It doesn't take that much effort to visualize user-generated data.