“There I was, coming off a challenging but thoroughly enjoyable corporate career. While the clock was telling me it was time to retire, I knew I was not ready to kick back each day with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. Having served for 30 years in the fast-paced and stressful corporate environment, I…
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been purposeful keeping myself from getting too wrapped up in any one hobby. I can easily get swept up in projects, so I’ve focused on just ‘being’ for the past 3 months to see what it would be like (basically, it requires a lot of reflection and questions…
As college instructors know, winter break typically runs for mid-December to early or mid-January, which means we basically get a month off from teaching, which sounds amazing! However, when teaching online you also have a lot of work to take care of during your ‘break,’ unless you plan accordingly (which is where this blog post…
Teaching online while I’ve been traveling for the past 3 weeks has been much more manageable than I expected. Yes, there were mornings in Bangkok where I graded papers on the hotel bathroom while my sister slept in, and one morning in particular that I had a Skype interview for a new school at 6…
If you teach online, or even in the classroom, you’re probably familiar with the popular learning management system, Canvas (it seems to be every college’s go-to LMS these days). It’s pretty intuitive and easy to use (which is why most instructors tend to prefer it over Blackboard), but there are a few Canvas tools that…
Every person has had something happen in their life that changed them forever. I’ve had a few life changing moments at this point, but the very first one, the one that I believe set all the others into motion, was going to college. A degree isn’t for everyone, but for someone like me, the classes,…