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Facebook@NUS: Finishing Strong
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Blogging is stressful. I do it because I always believed in walking the talk. It didn't take me too long to realize that students (children) don't do what we say, but do what we do. For teachers to have the moral authority to preach, they unfortunately will have to practise what they preach. The problem with life is that most things that are worth doing, are, we...
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Facebook@NUS: November 2009
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Thursday, November 26, 2009. Paradox of the Poor (Money No Enough) Programmers. But there's apparently also a shortage of good programmers. For a CS prof who is concerned about the state of the local IT industry, this is clearly something that I am deeply troubled about. So how is this issue of information asymmetry and lemons related to programmers? Over the past couple of years that I ...
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Facebook@NUS: May 2010
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Random Stuff to Check Out. Anyhow, here some of the interesting stuff to read/check out:. Steve Job's Stanford Commencement Speech 2005. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish). The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Adrian Tan's NTU Convocation Speech. Randy's Lecture on Time Management. David Rose on Pitching. How Bill Gates hopes to make a difference. Week 13 -...
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Facebook@NUS: On Ideas
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Monday, September 5, 2011. I would like to congratulate my students on surviving the first 25% of the course with the completion of the Facebook application assignment and also the FB/iPad Application Seminar. CS3216 follows a tried and tested formula: the first six weeks is about honing technical skills and developing ideas. Tonight, we will have having another activity that is designed...
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Facebook@NUS: On Peer Teaching/Learning
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Monday, August 29, 2011. Since we are having the FB/iPad application seminar this evening, it seems fitting that I take some time to explain what we are trying to do with this exercise. This is the 4th year that we're teaching CS3216 and also the 4th time that we're doing this seminar. Thereafter, the act of presenting what each group had figure out further promotes peer learning and als...
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Facebook@NUS: The Last Lecture That Could Have Been Better
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The Last Lecture That Could Have Been Better. CS3216 was inspired by the The Last Lecture. Just delivered what is likely my last lecture for CS3216. It is hard to describe the feeling. Strangely liberating is probably the best I can do. School is hardly the most efficient mechanism for learning and lecture is hardly the most effective way to have students learn.
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Facebook@NUS: March 2010
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Tuesday, March 23, 2010. I'm a prof. Mine is a funny business. In theory, profs are supposed to teach. What does that really mean? Some people think that teaching is about imparting knowledge. Others talk about teaching critical thinking. Personally, I look at my job a little differently. I think it's about helping people (students). I guess I am fortunate to have met quite a few people ...
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Facebook@NUS: May 2009
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Understand Life, Reject Dogma, Embrace Common Sense. SINGAPORE needs people with a sense of the aesthetics and not just people who get straight As in school, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. ". Wei Man's response, "Say that again? My life will be different if you thought so ten years ago.". He's not your grandfather what. If people will read carefully. Frankly,...
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Facebook@NUS: August 2011
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I am the prof for CS3216. I made my students blog for the class. I decided that it is important to walk the talk. :-). Monday, August 29, 2011. Since we are having the FB/iPad application seminar this evening, it seems fitting that I take some time to explain what we are trying to do with this exercise. This is the 4th year that we're teaching CS3216 and also the 4th time that we're doing this seminar. Thereafter, the act of presenting what each group had figure out further promotes peer learning and als...