Tilton’s Laws of the Academic Universe

Note: This list represents the first fifty rules and represents the list that is on my office door. Technology fails.*Technology especially fails when you especially need it.If this was easy, anybody could do it.We are all adults. You do not need to ask for the “hall pass” to go out.Frustration...

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Rule #9

My office door has a multitude of signs, notices, and other documents of various interest and concerns. The text in particular that causes the most reading is a pair of papers called "Tilton's Laws of the Academic Universe." This document has been on my office door since I taught at...

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Backing Up

Being an education professional in the field of computer design, I have always told students to back up their work, or else they may lose everything they’ve been working on for the last class period. I also tell students to back up their work in at least two locations online,...

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