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I’m taking a class this semester through Coursera.org (http://coursera.org), one of the growing number of university partnerships to offer massively online, open, free college-level courses to anyone, anywhere. The course I’m taking is Gamification – applying game elements to non-game situations. In my case, I’m interested in finding new ways to make computer science more […]

Closing speech for the 2012 University System of Georgia L3:Summit Student leaders, university system colleagues, thank you for the opportunity to share this closing speech to what has been an incredible week of leadership training here at the L3:Summit. You’ve heard advice from leaders like Chancellor Huckaby, you’ve participated in training and team-building exercises provided […]

In a break from my usual technology-focused blogging, I’m sharing a few childhood memories conjured up this past weekend while coloring Easter eggs with my sons Alex, 3, and Max, 2. I am, however, posting this under Social Media, because it’s also my first Pinterest post. (See the “pin” for this article at Pinterest.com) Handmade […]

It was an honor to speak at this morning’s Presidents’ Breakfast at North Georgia College & State University, with student leadership from almost 50 campus organizations, faculty sponsors, and Student Services staff. I shared a presentation I developed to honor President Emeritus Dr. David Potter upon his retirement last year. At the time, I was […]

We had a great turnout at our Great Decisions lecture series on Cybersecurity in 2012, vialis 40mg and as promised, below are some of the tips from our presentation. You can also view the entire presentation in PDF handout format. I welcome comments and tips, and thank you for taking an interest in improving cybersecurity […]

Or… Building the next Facebook, Twitter, YouTube This tutorial was a popular ‘capstone’ lesson from my CSCI 3000 Web Programming course in Fall 2011, and I thought I’d share it as a post. It’s heavily programmer-focused, but it has all the source files to enable just about anyone with a web site to engage users […]

We raised over $1,500 and gave fresh, clean water to 75 people for life in a developing nation! I’m so grateful to my family and friends for the generous support of my birthday wish to donate to charity:water (http://charitywater.org) in lieu of gifts this year, and together we’ve changed the lives of 75 people forever. […]

I was deeply moved recently by the story of a child who donated her birthday to Charity Water by asking her friends to give her age in dollars to bring clean drinking water to poor communities around the world. This September, I’m turning 40, and I’d like to ask my friends, colleagues, students, and family […]

The North Georgia Alumni Council gave colleague Jeff Davis, associate VP for facilities, and me a graciously warm reception today as we updated the Council on some of the exciting changes to North Georgia’s facilities and IT infrastructure. Here are a couple of bullet points from our presentations to the Alumni Council: $250 Million in […]