Teaching Tech Together

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

When I left the University of Toronto in 2010, I needed some way to pay the bills while I figured out what I was going to do next. I had enjoyed teaching programming to scientists ever since the first workshop that Brent Gorda and I taught at Los Alamos in 1998, and if people were willing to fund me to do it again, it seemed like as good an idea as any.

Book Review: Teaching What You Don't Know

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

A review of Teaching What You Do Not Know by Therese Huston

With such an intriguing premise and promise, how could I fail to pause over Therese Huston’s Teaching What You Don’t Know? I have found myself in this situation several times in the past, either through hubris or bureaucracy, and the hopeful existence of a manual to smooth my way was too much to pass up. Huston presents a practical survey of the reality of teaching a subject in which one is not an expert, as well as a number of strategies for mitigating classroom disarray and providing a solid learning experience for students.

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Teaching Tech Together

Book Review: Teaching What You Don't Know