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Failing Forward and regression lines

It’s been a really productive two weeks in North Dakota, installing our game in schools on two reservations, in tribal schools and public schools. I didn’t write this post to talk about that. Rather, in keeping with some of the really useful posts I’ve read about start-up failures, I wanted to share with you the…

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What I totally will do again, and what I wish I didn’t have to

Today I’m getting around to day nine of the 20-day blogging challenge while I wait for The Invisible Developer to get out of the shower where he is curled in a fetal position whining about having to go outside when it is 14 below zero. Actually, he is probably just taking a shower, but lots…

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Scoring tests with SAS: What a difference array makes

Day eight of the 20-day blogging challenge was to write about a professional read – a book, article or blog post that has had an impact on me. To be truthful, I would have to say that the SAS documentation has had a profound impact on me. SAS documentation is extremely well-written (to be fair,…

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What’s Really Needed for Data Science, Start-ups & Life

There’s been quite a bit of discussion on twitter lately regarding generalists versus specialists. This article on KD Nuggets reported an even split in their poll numbers regarding whether companies try to hire a generalist who has knowledge of all areas required by a data scientist, as opposed to those who said that they hired…

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You haven’t learned it unless you can do it

It’s now day five of the 20-day blogging challenge, which, if you are late to the party, FYI is an idea of Kelly Hines to blog 20 days in a month on topics related to teaching. “Share any tips for designing/ grading/ giving assessments.” I have two really good ideas for assessment, one of which…

Being a woman in tech: “Psycho bitch” helpful but not sufficient

For me, being a woman in technology is like the ending of the Lilo and Stitch movie where he says Es mi familia. Es chica y rota pero es buena, es muy buena. (This is my family. It’s small and broken but it’s good. It’s very good. – The person who quoted this saw it…

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I’m going to do that again: Day 4 of the Blogging Challenge

Amazingly, given my current schedule, I have made it to Day 4 of the 20-day blogging challenge. This was the  brain child of Kelly Hines as a way to get herself to blog more regularly. Today’s prompt was : Share a topic/ idea from class this week. What’s one thing you did with students this…

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Website to Die for : Day 3 of the 20-day blogging challenge

The question for Day 3 is : “What is a website that you cannot live without? Tell about your favorite features and how you use it in your teaching and learning.” The first part is easy. Oh my God, I love, love, LOVE stackoverflow, a site where all of your programming questions are answered. It’s free…