Managing email using the Inbox Zero approach.

Bonni recommends:

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak talk calendar management.

Guest: Dave Stachowiak

Dave shared about his “Wayne’s World” moment, coming back as a guest on the show.

Chart on Twitter about service hours invested by gender/race:

hrs/wk assoc. profs spend on service by race/gender pic.twitter.com/vf4EA7xL6L

— Tressie Mc (@tressiemcphd) June 28, 2015

Exceptions to only having items calendared that have to happen at a particular time

Jonathan Malesic on finding meaning in our work.

Guest: Jonathan Malesic

What typically doesn’t show up on Jon’s bio: The Parking Lot Movie

I learned a lot working as a parking lot attendant. I think it’s made me a better worker and a better person. – Jonathan Malesic

Don’t search for “purpose.” You will fail. by Jonathan Malesic in The New Republic.

Find your purpose! pic.twitter.com/m3WKV2tWAa

— Jon Malesic (@JonMalesic) May 23, 2015

The best productivity tool we have as faculty is not a technology; it’s our personal self-investment in our work. It’s our commitment to students. It’s our commitment to research. It’s our commitment to our institutions. – Jonathan Malesic

We can be so committed to our work that we eventually start to hate it. We have identified ourselves so strongly with it that it becomes too much of  a burden for our work. – Jonathan Malesic

Students’ evaluation of us and student learning doesn’t necessarily match up very well with our evaluation of ourselves. – Jonathan Malesic

That’s still something worth hoping for… But, it’s important to tell students that [the center piece] isn’t always attainable. There’s a lot of meaning to be had in our work, even if we don’t hit that “sweet spot.” – Jonathan Malesic

Article: Job, career, vocation, life by Charles Matthews in Inside HigherEd

In the Name of Love, by Miya Tokumitsu

A Life Beyond Do What You Love, by Gordon Marino

No Time: How Did We Get so Busy?, by Elizabeth Kolbert

Peter Newbury joins me to talk about peer instruction and using clickers in the higher ed classroom.

The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative

Achieving the most effective, evidence-based science education

The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) is a multi-year project at The University of British Columbia aimed at dramatically improving undergraduate science education.

The CWSEI helps departments take a four-step, scientific approach to teaching:

The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative resources on general teaching, clickers, and peer instruction

Whether we are using physical devices, such as clickers, or we are using more of a bring your own device / smart phone /tablet option, it’s really just a tool.

“I certainly don’t want to say that in order to use peer instruction, you have to have this piece of technology. It’s not about the clicker.” #peerinstruction

“Peer instruction is not a shiny thing that comes with clickers. Clickers are one tool you can use to facilitate peer learning.”

Peer Instruction Fundamentals

How People Learn (free ebook) states that experts must:

More on peer instruction basics:

“The expert has the same content as the novice, but it’s organized [and more easily retrieved]…”

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