Generative AI Thoughts, Timestamp Fall 2024Generative AI (GenAI) exploded into the academic teaching landscape in 2021, and we have been coping ever since. I’ve been quietly thinking…Dec 14Dec 14
Your Productivity System Needs to Evolve with YouIf you follow this blog at all, you know how much I love thinking about productivity (to-do list tracking, calendar time management, time…Oct 141Oct 141
How I Track My TimeA common tactic for better managing your workload is tracking how you spend your time. But what does that even mean? Most of what I’ve read…Jul 23Jul 23
Shared Inboxes for Teaching and CommitteesA shared inbox was a tool I started using when I was the hybrid chair of the SIGCSE Technical Symposium. It was extremely useful then, and…May 17May 17
Revisit: How I organize the teaching staff of my 200+ student classWhen it comes to anyone’s advice on how to run your own course, your “mileage may vary.” So, I thought it would be interesting to revisit…Mar 6Mar 6
Using My Calendar to Audit My Time (Calendar Time Management Part 4)So, first, I wrote about my general philosophy and mechanics of using my calendar for time management. Then, I introduced the idea of…Dec 21, 2023Dec 21, 2023
Color Coding for Clarity (Calendar Time Management, Part 3)For my third post on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time, I thought I’d write about something more fun: color! I color-code…Nov 14, 2023Nov 14, 2023
Adding Flexibility with Buffer Times (Calendar Time Management, Part 2)This is the second post of a series on how I use my calendar as a tool to manage my time. My first post focused on the basics where, to me…Oct 16, 20231Oct 16, 20231
Using a Calendar for Better Time Management: What I do (Part 1)I use Trello to keep track of everything I have to do, as seen by my multiple blog posts on it (task tracking for a big class, personally…Sep 25, 2023Sep 25, 2023
Management skills, professors need them tooAn underlying current in my blog post series on how I manage the teaching staff for my 200+ student CS1 class is that teaching large…Jun 20, 20232Jun 20, 20232