Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Make a Gantt Chart in Google Docs

Watch this video on YouTube and learn how to make a Gantt chart in GDocs to help schedule your busy adjunct life.

Veterans: Thank You!

Today is Veteran’s Day.  Thank you, veterans!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Chronicle Article On Adjuncts and Lower Student Success

Courtesy of the Contingent Academics Mailing List, The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article about the links between the use of part-time faculty and lower student success.  Read it here.

Thinking About Teaching Online?

Amy Overman has a piece about teaching online at Inside Higher Ed.  If you have been considering such a gig, give her piece a read.

How to Complete Your PhD (and Other Large Projects)

From Academic Productivity, some advice for those trying to complete their PhD.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Free Online Storage

Courtesy of LifeHacker, yet another site online to store your files.  Personally, I have found this type of site useful: it allows me to keep many of my PDFs online and accessible from anywhere.  If I forget my laptop or my thumb drive, I can still access the documents I need.  It is definitely worth looking into—if not now, then during one of your breaks!

Blog of the Week, November 9, 2008

It has been a while since I posted a blog of the week.  I don’t recall how I hit Steve Yegge’s blog, but I am glad I did.  Check out the post here.  No, there’s nothing about adjuncts.  It is just good writing and it even features a betta.  Thanks, Steve, for the great text!