Miaow: Students bemoan 'unhip' lecturers

OK, I'm not "hip", cannot say "safe" in a convincing way, dislike the use of "mate" and have no idea what other "modern" slang I'm missing out on (ouch -- I'm mid-thirties and no-longer modern ;-) but this report from the BBC seems a bit sour-grapes: Students bemoan 'unhip' lecturers.

It's pretty funny that the BBC's CMS also brings-up a related article under "See also", now 3 years old, where lecturers were getting image consultants. "Give a firm handshake and look them in the eye" that'll solve all the problems we have with today's students? Well, you let me know how that goes ;-)

Choosing your subject: Avoid facts at all costs!

Stumbled upon this whilst checking-out MIT's amazing open courseware ... jolly nerdy fun :-) Sadly it seems to reflect the apparent trend towards A-Level subjects like Sociology and away from "hard" subjects like Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology!

@media 2006

Thanks to my mate Andy I heard about @media 2006 even before the email went out to those who attended @media 2005 and so I hope to go again this year :-D ... hope to convince the Dean that it's a valuable "curriculum development" opportunity (I learnt loads last year and am teaching a new module on standards-based, accessible web design in the coming term as a result.)

Firefox 1.5

Yippee! Firefox 1.5 supports SVG natively ... at last I'll be able to add SVG to my web technologies module next year (2006/7) :-D

Yes, I appreciate I'm slow off the mark ... it's a busy time of year! As penance, here's a link to a blog post stating that SVG is dead (on the desktop) ... and be sure to read the follow-up article ;-)