Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University I am a syllabus and teaching resources hoarder. If you open my Dropbox folder system, you’ll see way too many documents of syllabi and teaching ideas from various folks over the years. I’m a firm believer in not reinventing the wheel when it comes to teaching resources. One of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow well do your students know some of the history surrounding the constitution? We’ve put together our own 10 question quiz that you can feel free to either use in class or embed into your online course. Your students will receive a score but this is for practice and fun. We’ve selected some of our […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes[Reading Time – 1 minutes 24 seconds] Virtually all security professionals agree that the most secure means of managing all of our long, complex, and unique passwords that we have for all of our different accounts (you do use long, complex, and unique passwords, don’t you?) is to use a password manager. But a just-published […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes[Reading time – 3 minutes 29 seconds] Suppose that you have something very valuable (rare gemstone, roll of cash, whatever, just play along here for a moment) in your house. Unfortunately, a burglar finds out about it and decides that he wants to steal it. He waits until you are away from home one night […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesOptical illusions have long been a source of interest for many years. Among his renowned academic interests, Joseph Jastrow was noted for his work on optical illusions. His landmark paper on the subject ‘A Study of Zöllner’s Figures and Other Related Illusions‘ was published in ‘The American Journal of Psychology’ in April 1892. Joseph Jastrow […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImproving Writing Skills Sometimes, even the most intelligent people make mistakes when using common phrases, leading to some embarrassing moments. Can you identify what’s wrong with the phrases below? Check your responses against the solution key. Baited breath Boldface lie Chalk full Do diligence First-come, first-serve Given free reign Honed in I could care less […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s a quick exercise you can do to demonstrate why understanding statistics and probability is important. The Birthday Paradox Consider a Group You Know: ask your students to think about a group of people. This could be a group of Facebook friends or Instagram followers, the fans of a sports team they follow or a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA while back, a crowd of people boarded a subway car in New York City and discovered Nazi symbolism written everywhere. Many riders did nothing, but one person stood up and started cleaning off the graffiti. His courage enabled everyone else to stand up and help until all of it was gone. This is a […]
