Phil Simon
What do when someone possesses a great deal of professional experience.
Posts Tagged as: Teaching
Posts Tagged as: Teaching
Lessons From Slack’s Origins
A pox on you if you think that the idea behind the popular collaboration tool was someone’s master plan.
Why I Often Answer Analytics Students’ Questions With Questions
Thoughts on the Socratic method, critical thinking, and providing too much guidance.
Traits and Skills of Effective Professors
Thoughts on common characteristics at people who are really good at this job.
Why I Teach
My motivations behind my choice of vocations.
Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems
Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.
The Case for Early Student Evaluations
How feedback at the start of the semester can help nip issues in the bud.
Four Sites That I Recommend to My Analytics Students
Those who can effectively incorporate data and analytics into their writing are poised to prosper.
Three of My Favorite In-Class Exercises
A few of the ways that I try to make learning as active as possible.
Why I Have Never Visited My Rate My Professor Page
And why I never will.
Why I’m Switching to Canvas This Summer
I’m all in on ASU’s new learning management system.
Tools of a Tech-Savvy Professor
These applications and tools make my life quite a bit easier.
Three Ways to Manage Capstone Projects
Looking at the different approaches to impart knowledge.
Visualizing Flows
Sankey diagrams can display data in very interesting ways.
How I Use Slack Inside of the Classroom
Adventures in the collaboration tool that has taken the world by storm.
Why I Wrote Analytics: The Agile Way
Motivations on why I penned book number eight.