Monday, January 28, 2008
let's blogroll
over on the right side of this page now resides a list ("blogroll") of those students' blogs who've sent me their addresses so far; this list will increase as more people get on board. although you can click on the "Read More" link at the bottom to go to a page that pulls together everyone's most recent posts (an "aggregator"), it's still worth visiting particular blogs individually, both to see some of the impressive design jobs that your fellow students have done (very artistic!) as well as to read and participate in the commenting that follows on the various posts.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
*cough* who knew blogs could get so dusty? *wheeze*
well, i'm back. please, no applause. thank you.
hereby i shall resurrect my old blog from last year to serve as a model, inspiration, and touchstone for you, my class, whom i have again tasked with starting and keeping your own blogs, where you will comment on your readings, thinkings, analyses, and general development as statisticians. and probably crack a few corny jokes.
i have kept the links to last year's blogs (over on the right side of the page) for the time being so that -- browsing through them -- you can get a sense of what was attempted by last year's students. some were quite successful.
my goals for this project this time around are twofold: first -- to foster introspection, or, as the educational psychologists call it, metacognition. in short: if you have to think about what you're thinking about, you're likely to get more out of thinking about it. that's the idea, anyways. ymmv.
second -- i want to foster discussion. again, for pedagogical reasons, this has important benefits: it builds a sense of community (which is especially important in a challenging class such as this one), and it gives each of you the opportunity to share what you've figured out. you never really know a subject so well as when you've had to teach it to someone else.
at any rate, even if all that fails, it's still better than quizzes.
and you get to crack jokes. e.g.: "97.3% of all statistics are made up."
hereby i shall resurrect my old blog from last year to serve as a model, inspiration, and touchstone for you, my class, whom i have again tasked with starting and keeping your own blogs, where you will comment on your readings, thinkings, analyses, and general development as statisticians. and probably crack a few corny jokes.
i have kept the links to last year's blogs (over on the right side of the page) for the time being so that -- browsing through them -- you can get a sense of what was attempted by last year's students. some were quite successful.
my goals for this project this time around are twofold: first -- to foster introspection, or, as the educational psychologists call it, metacognition. in short: if you have to think about what you're thinking about, you're likely to get more out of thinking about it. that's the idea, anyways. ymmv.
second -- i want to foster discussion. again, for pedagogical reasons, this has important benefits: it builds a sense of community (which is especially important in a challenging class such as this one), and it gives each of you the opportunity to share what you've figured out. you never really know a subject so well as when you've had to teach it to someone else.
at any rate, even if all that fails, it's still better than quizzes.
and you get to crack jokes. e.g.: "97.3% of all statistics are made up."
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