Getting Around, 21st Century Style

As it is an unually warm, sunny and beautiful day here in the Bluegrass, a colleague and I decided to leave our packed lunches in the fridge and go out to eat.  On our way back, an undergrad student asked us where Dickey Hall is located.  (Why do people always ask me directions?  Do I [...]

Online Course Management Systems

Interrupting hiatus for brief rant-like post…
I just spent an hour doing TWEN training with our teaching faculty and their staff assistants.  Am I the only person that’s bothered by (a) Wexis created course management systems, and (b) TWEN’s dominance in these?
I don’t have a problem with TWEN as a system. It works fine [...]

My Mom Facebooked Me

I spent a good chunk of my afternoon at the annual Women’s Law Caucus luncheon, which this year honored soon-t0-be retiring UK Law Executive Dean Carolyn Bratt.   The luncheon was attended by over one hundred members of the Lexington legal community, Judges, as well as UK Law Faculty and students.  I sat with a group [...]

Facebook Pages Insights

No, I haven’t come up with some grand thoughts about Facebook Pages. “Insights” is a service provided to Page adminstrators about visitors to their Facebook Page.
Here’s some screen shots (click to enlarge):

I’m hoping that you’ll be able to see in the second shot that there’s a currently blank box with a note that reads [...]

I love it when a plan comes together

Much to the dismay and consternation of anyone who has ever cared for my well being (parents, teachers, etc.), I majored in Anthropology in college.   My minor was Biology and I was for the most part interested in micro-evolution and using DNA to track it, but due  to the requirements of my program I have [...]