academia
Category archives for academia
Science Fiction for Undergraduates
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 15, 2011 For my class, one f the things I asked is what I should tell them about which I did not do. Somewhat to my surprise, one question, endorsed by a number of other students, was whether I could recommend some good science fiction to read over the holidays. Why, yes, yes I can…
The Three Laws of Academia
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 8, 2011 Do not bring the University into Disrepute or through Inaction Allow the University to be Dissed Bring Funding to the University and do not let the Funding stop through Inaction, Except where such Funding would Conflict with the First Law Protect your Own Existence as long as Such Protection does not conflict with the First…
On The Proper Subject Order in High School
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 2, 2011 This is an old favourite. re-presented here to lay the ground for the great return to the phys ed education debate…
random snippets
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on November 27, 2011 I’ve been a naughty blogger, I went off to the Mars Surveyor launch, and didn’t blog about it, yet. In no small part because I forgot to bring a USB cable. But, honestly, mpostly because I wanted to just revel in the moment. (Ok, I tweeted and fb’d a bit). I’ll get back to MSL,…
news flash
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on November 9, 2011 I live just around the corner from Joe Paterno. This morning there was a little horde of reporters and cameras across the street, hoping to get that little 15 second glimpse of the man, for the early evening news shot. Last night, several hundred students gathered outside to voice support for the Paternos, who were…
Coming Up Three
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on October 26, 2011 Computer Science has had a hard few days:
The Price of Nobelity
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on October 26, 2011 Less than a losing football coach, apparently:
one reason college costs have risen…
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on September 26, 2011 Wanted: “Director of Threat Assessment”
iPod iChing: predictications
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on September 2, 2011 at long last it is friday and before we rest, we ask
tell me what we would have done…
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on August 31, 2011 The class I’m teaching right now is “writing intensive” – so the homework is biased towards short essays and written discourse. One of my standard assignments is to have the students pick a NASA mission: a past mission, and a current mission, and a future mission, and write a summary of the mission plan and/or…