Day 23, 7 April 2020
Things that give me hope: My direst predictions for last week for our students did not come true. At least for most of my students, they did not come true. There are some with health scares in the family, or Continue Reading …
Briefing April 7 (Tue)
Good morning historians of East Asia! Not a tech-tip today, but a writing tip. If you think your writing isn’t as good as you’d like it to be, remember that all published pieces you look at have started out as Continue Reading …
Day 22, 6 April
Productive? There are all sorts of things wrong with the productivity hype. “Faster! Higher! Stronger!” may be a good motto for sports and professional athletes, but I think things have really gone overboard in other professions. As we’re all stuck Continue Reading …
Briefing April 6
Good morning historians of East Asia! I hope you managed to sneak in a bit of sunshine over the weekend, despite the stay-at-home/shelter-in-place/lockdown orders that are probably in place in your area. No great words of wisdom this morning, other Continue Reading …
Day 21, 5 April 2020
Thoughts but no structure yet I have Thoughts (yes, witha capital T), but they are not yet very clear. About teaching. About what this experience is asking me to do as a teacher. About how I cannot offer certainty to Continue Reading …
Day 20, 4 April 2020
The new normal? There’s this three week, 21 days magic mark when a habit is supposed to have become established. Supposed to be because it turns out it’s a whole lot more complicated. That’s a shame, because today marks the Continue Reading …
Day 19, 3 April 2020
Correlation and causation I wonder if I have figured out how to activate the hidden powers of William… While I was tidying up my (home) office yesterday, I thought the bottle cap from the Wednesday night’s Zoombeer would make a Continue Reading …
Briefing April 3 (Fri)
Dear historians of East Asia, Woohoo! We made it through another week! (Ok, historians of Korea have one more session but by 12.15pm they can join in the celebrations. I thought you might appreciate this handy tip on how to Continue Reading …
Day 18, 2 April 2020
The Ultimate Zoom Tip* Can’t believe I haven’t seen this one anywhere yet: *Also works for other video conferencing platforms
Briefing April 2 (Thu)
Dear historians of East Asia, I saw this comic the other day and though it was rather funny and informative. (It would be even better if it said toiletpaper instead of pasta!) I hope you enjoy it! HST107: Zoomzoom at Continue Reading …
