The tutorials below were created as part of the process of planning for the capstone project for CSUMB’s Masters in Instructional Science and Technology. The tutorial focused on helping students read a scientific paper, and had a companion tutorial focused on breaking down the parts of a scientific paper. Reading a Scientific Paper: Part 1… Continue reading Example Captivate Tutorials
Author: Andrew
Student Experience or Belongingness?
So part of my role in the Library is to serve as the “expert” on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives – its super big and I’m like nervous about actually executing everything correctly (Thanks weird perfectionist streak!) As part of this role, I’m looking into developing some sort of survey to send to students to… Continue reading Student Experience or Belongingness?
Constantly Learning
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately just learning. It’s been overwhelming starting a new job – It’s really pushed me to develop a learning and development plan for myself. I ended up buying Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers recently using my Association for Talent Development membership discount and it’s been really good… Continue reading Constantly Learning
Learning too many things at once
I’m really good at signing up for a bunch of things at once and trying to learn multiple things at once. Just now, I just signed up for a four week course from FlowingData to learn how to work with R and create data visualizations. I’ve been flirting with the idea of signing up for… Continue reading Learning too many things at once
Starbucks Chiseled Collection as the mainstreaming of the New Aesthetic
It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been working on a bunch of projects, some articles are in the pipeline, a book chapter or two will be coming out in the next year, and just general academic librarian issues. I’m currently sitting at Starbucks, drinking what is possibly one of the sweetest drinks… Continue reading Starbucks Chiseled Collection as the mainstreaming of the New Aesthetic
Photo a day movement
I’ve decided to move my photo a day to tumblr. It felt a bit too overwhelming and personal for this blog. It’ll be at droostring.tumblr.com
I love to do lists
Here’s my winter quarter to do list. I went to go through all thirty lessons in Learn Python the Hard Way before the end of the quarter.
Bento box it up!
Used my new bento for the first time today. I’m liking it.
Let the art begin!
I thought I’d pick up art again. So I’m using Art Academy on the 3DS.
I strive for improvement
I pretty much only did two things today: watched Zero Dark Thirty and had Chinese food. I’m a fan of my fortunes, especially the self-improvement one!