September 2010
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Sep 22nd
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How should tenure and promotion reviewers assess faculty performance?  This slideshow was designed to provide some answers.  Despite the date of presentation, it still provides guidance both to reviewers and to applicants for tenure and promotion at JSU.
Sep 22nd
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ListenListen to the audio of yesterday’s Tenure...
Sep 22nd
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Video: Tenure and Promotion Application Best Practices.  Jackson State University faculty discuss best practices and strategies for successfully navigating the tenure and promotion processes. The event is moderated by Alisa Mosley, Director of the Center for University Scholars. Jean-Claude Assad, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of Business Graduate Programs; Thomas Calhoun, Interim...
Sep 22nd
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Sep 21st
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Teaching and Using Google Calendars
thingsforteachers: I embed a Google Calendar on my class website to post due dates and HW assignments, and my school uses them for technology sign-out. Both of these uses have been really helpful. @mrpotter on my Twitter PLN mentioned how he uses Google Calendars (a private one!) for reflecting on his lessons and I thought this was a great idea that I’d never thought of. Easy to organize,...
Sep 21st
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Creating and Maintaining Your CV - ProfHacker -... →
”..There are a set of conventions that academics generally use when compiling and evaluating CVs. The more closely you follow these conventions, the more easily your readers can locate the information they seek about you. In general, the CV is not the place to demonstrate your creativity, your unique aesthetic, or your free spirit. It is a professional document and you should aim for clarity...
Sep 15th
Sep 15th
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Sugata Mitra, “Education is a self organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.” (TedTalks)
Sep 14th
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Sep 13th
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