Mark Jones is a professor at Rice University in Houston (Texas) in the Department of Political Science Teaching about the constitutional right of abortion can feel difficult after the Texas near-total abortion ban. Students may have personal experiences with abortion and may bring up strong emotions in the classroom. This case is important to discuss…
Taking on PowerShell one cmdlet at a time
Share this post:This blog post is part of an ongoing series by Adam Gordon. Adam will walk through each PowerShell command every week, explaining when and how to use them. Adam will be covering Test-Path this week. When to use Test Path The Test-Path cmdlet verifies that all elements of the path are present. It…
Taking on PowerShell one cmdlet at a time
Share this post: This is part of an ongoing blog series by Adam Gordon. Adam will show you how to use each PowerShell command each week. Adam will be covering Test-FileCatalog this week. When should you use Test-FileCatalog Test-FileCatalog verifies the authenticity of files by comparing file hashes from a catalog file (.cat), with actual…
Taking on PowerShell one cmdlet at a time
Share this post:This blog post is part of an ongoing series by Adam Gordon. Adam will show you how to use each PowerShell command each week. Adam will be covering Test-Connection this week. When should you use Test-Connection The Test-Connection cmdlet sends Internet Control Message Protocol echo request packets (or pings) to one or more…
Tell a story, don’t tell a case
Every semester, when I get to the section of my class where I discuss landmark cases, I see my students automatically groan and yawn as they fall asleep. I am not a lawyer, and I don’t try to be. However, cases are still very important in every criminal justice course, even 101! How can we…
Innovation makes the Dean’s list: Ryan Tipton takes Tech Campus-wide to the next level
If you want to provide scalable access to learning, the best people to do it are those who can teach. After a successful career, Dr. Ryan Tipton felt it was the right time to start a new chapter. After a successful career that saw the Lovington, New Mexico native grow his oil company into an…
Supercomputer in Japan: Amazingly efficient by 2017
China’s Sunway TaihuLight is currently the world leader. However, Japan plans to create a super-efficient, super-fast computer with a processing power of 130 petaflops. This compares to the 93 petaflops Sunway TaihuLight has. One petaflop equals one million billion floating point operations per second. Japan will deliver a tenfold rise in computing performance for the…
MindTap can increase student engagement to achieve better outcomes and increase retention
Author: Name Joseph Charleman Joseph Charleman is the Chair for the Surgical Tech and Processing Department at Berkeley College, NJ. MindTap is integrated in Blackboard program-wide, including Surgical Tech and Pharmacology. Joe has seen a dramatic improvement in their retention rates – up from 20% to 50% in the last few years. He attributes this…
Increasing Online Students’ Foundational Skills (CASE STUDY)
Reading Time: 1 minutePamela Duty, an English professor at Phoenix College struggled to find an online homework solution that would help her students build their foundational skills in order to maximize her instructional time. Her students were often without the financial means to purchase the required textbooks and course materials. Duty received significantly higher essay…
Important Points About VMware Certifications: Why they No Longer Expire
Many professionals are uncertain of what to do next due to recent changes in the IT credentials offered by popular vendors. Amazon, for example, removed all exam prerequisites and Microsoft retired some of its new certificates. Cisco also underwent a complete overhaul of its certification program not long ago. These changes have raised questions among…