I've posted several links over the last couple months on the blog's Facebook and Twitter feeds - for those who do not follow the blog through those feeds, here's a round-up of those links: The First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity In search of a drought strategy, California looks down under - NPR story that discusses the water version of cap and trade From the Archives: Getting ready for the new semester - great collection of posts from ProfHacker Making the most of the syllabus - how do you get students to read the syllabus? Professor offers best advice for college freshman - share with your students! What fitness bands can teach us about classroom assessment The Learning Curve: Dropping knowledge on dropout rates - if you teach quantitative literacy, education policy provides a ton of good examples Do student evaluations of teaching really get an "F"? - an important response to the media hype about SETs Everything you ever wanted to...
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