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RobertTalbert

  1. @danamhuff You guys have it worse than we do. We're just moving from one part of Ottawa County, MI to another.
  2. New at Casting Out Nines: Udacity partners with Pearson for testing: What does this mean? ow.ly/bjJLY
  3. @bwyatt Movers are coming for the big items on June 18. We might get possession as early as this Wednesday.
  4. @bwyatt That's sort of iffy. Current owners haven't given us firm date of possession yet. Their new house is not totally done yet.
  5. .@Udacity partners with Pearson. Hmmm. plus.google.com/10062340589790…
  6. Today we get serious about packing for the move. Fortunately most of our stuff never got unpacked from the 2011 move.
  7. finished The Long Way Home (Sequoyah) by Sabrina Chase and gave it 5 stars amzn.to/LV39L4 #Kindle
  8. I'm at Mackinac Hall (Allendale, MI) 4sq.com/JWTqRG
  9. @fnoschese Instant classic. "The first casualty of physics…. is innocence"
  10. I think all college courses should have trailers on YouTube. Example: udacity.com/overview/Cours…
  11. Also just enrolled in the @Udacity algorithms class, though I'll probably bail on it if the @coursera alg class comes online soon.
  12. Signed up for the new @udacity discrete math course, taught by fellow former Vanderbilt person Jonathan Farley: udacity.com/overview/Cours…
  13. Nice overview of PI here > RT @eric_mazur: The Engineer`s Pulse: Peer Instruction Beats out Lecturing by Factor of Two ow.ly/bhq3M
  14. Question for teachers about having iP0ds or other web devices available for checkout: plus.google.com/10062340589790…
  15. That LaTeX video was my 1st using Camtasia 2. Nice UI improvements from v1.0 but I can't find some of the stuff I usually use.
  16. Just wrapped up using @LCatalytics in the MTH 202 class. It's been interesting. Will blog w/ student feedback next week.
  17. Some thoughts and a link on future-proofing one's career: plus.google.com/10062340589790… Raises tough questions for educators.