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Back channels

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I’ve been thinking a lot about back channels in meetings and classes lately. Some of my thinking has been seeded by some fun and interesting experiences recently and some has been due to some new tech I’ve seen. The upshot: … Continue reading →

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Meeting styles

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I, like most people, go to a lot of meetings. I’ve developed a style that I like to use when running meetings but I realize that I can always get better. I thought I’d put down some of the things … Continue reading →

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Snow wave

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

Earlier today I posted this pic and asked a question about it on twitter: What determines the wavelength of the snow pattern? pic.twitter.com/KqPKla2IIJ — Andy Rundquist (@arundquist) December 10, 2017 If you click through you’ll see lots of great ideas. … Continue reading →

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Propellers with rolling shutter

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

I really loved Smarter Every Day’s cool video about propellers shot by digital video cameras: I especially like how he stuck with it over several years! I liked the explanation a lot about why the propellers take on such weird … Continue reading →

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Google Apps Script full stack?

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

A few weeks ago I brushed off my google apps scripting rust and managed to learn how to do a mass ownership change for a colleague who was leaving the institution. It always takes me a while to remember how … Continue reading →

Posted in HUWebApps, programming, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Quantum economies in higher ed

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

Well, I’m in the dean’s office now. Pause while the wordpress server handles the sudden exodus from this page. Ok, now we’re ready. I wanted to get some thoughts down (and seek useful advice from you, dear reader) about how … Continue reading →

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Non-majors teaching tools

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

This January I’m teaching a 4-wk intensive course called “Hamline Mythbusters”. On the first day of class I verified my assumption: this would be the last science class ever taken by nearly the whole class. They’re almost entirely seniors (the … Continue reading →

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Wasted 10 minute quiz

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Andy Rundquist

These days I do a daily quiz for my students. It’s a problem randomly selected from the three problems assigned last time (unless it’s a review day, then it’s randomly selected from the previous 2 days). These are typically deep, … Continue reading →

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Teaching driving is depressing

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Andy Rundquist

My son is learning to drive. I’m past the “oh crap” stage and the “but just . . .!” stage and squarely into the “it’s going . . . ok” stage. He takes his test next month and I’m pretty … Continue reading →

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Help us crowd-source our drums!

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Andy Rundquist

My students have been working hard this summer on a project I’ve talked about before. Here’s the gist: Normal drums aren’t melodic. They have resonant frequencies but they aren’t in a pattern that we think sounds good. That’s why they’re … Continue reading →

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