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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…

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Livebinders: 20-day blogging challenge, day two

Today I’m on day two of the 20-day blogging challenge, the brain child of Kelly Hines and a great way to find new, interesting bloggers. The second day prompt was to share an organizational tip from your classroom, one thing that works for you. The latest tool I’ve been using is livebinders . Remember when…

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Amos, covariances and variances: Twenty Day Blogging Challenge

I came across this really interesting post on the 20-Day Blogging Challenge for teachers. I’m not sure how likely I am to be able to finish it in January since it is already the sixth and January is a really busy month for me, but we will see. The first prompt is “Tell about a…

Random Rambling on Structural Equation Models

Sometimes people talk about path analysis models, confirmatory factor analysis and/or exploratory factor analysis as separate and distinct techniques from structural equation modeling (SEM). That is rather like talking about Dogo Argentinos as different from dogs when in fact they are a TYPE of dog  (picture of dogo attached for those wondering). Similarly, path analysis…

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Dude, where’s my estimates? Illegal path? A forgetful person’s guide to AMOS

I don’t use AMOS for structural equation modeling all that often and every time I do I have to look up all of the steps again. 1. Install SPSS and AMOS. Fortunately, it seems to work on Windows 8. Yay! You can either open AMOS by double-clicking on it or you can open it directly…