By Megan Poorman. I remember vividly the first scientific conference I attended. I was a senior in college and had just agreed to join my current mentor’s group as a Ph.D. student. Read more...
13 avril 2017
Conferences: 'Adulting' for Grad Students
Mentoring as a Graduate Student
By Heather VanMouwerik. Honestly, I had no intention of becoming anyone’s mentor. I was deep into the “make it work” stage of my academic career: my dissertation was stagnating, I was teaching a new course in a new discipline, my partner had gotten a job across the country, and I was having health problems. Read more...
Breaking Up With Social Media
By Kathleen Moore. Several GradHackers have written about how graduate students can use technological tools to not only enhance their productivity (See here and here), but also to establish and build a strong digital identity (See here, here, and here). Read more...
Read Your Assistantship Contract
By Alyssa. Many graduate students have assistantships of some sort. We have a contracts, either annually or by semester, detailing our titles, what responsibilities are, and what our compensation will be. Read more...
Stay Bold: Creative Pursuits While in Graduate School
By Florianne Jimenez. Do you remember spending hours making art when you were younger? That was one of the biggest joys of being a kid: our “work” was always creative. Read more...
Spring Broke
By Patrick Bigsby. Suggestions for sneaking in a vacation on a grad student budget. Read more...
EDUCAUSE and the Disruptive Potential of the Mimeograph
By Joshua Kim. When it comes to EDUCAUSE, I like to think of myself as something of a member of the loyal opposition. More...
A Day on Campus Without Screens
By Joshua Kim. You get to campus and discover that you have left your laptop, iPad, and phone at home. More...
Searching for the EdTech Ideological Middle
By Joshua Kim. Behind every educational technology initiative is a set of assumptions, beliefs, and world-views. More...
On Bad Magazine Apps and Good Digital Learning
By Joshua Kim. This week I saw an ad for Texture - an app that gives access to a couple hundred magazines for $9.99 a month. More...
