mcdanger

Hi all, (This letter is being sent to previous students of mine in the past 3 years or who were in IMD or were PFs for me, as part of a series I started when the University of Washington Bothell–where I was before Appalachian State University–first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website. And if you’re interested in a better intro to what this is, there’s an…

Hi all! I’m reorganizing this website a tad. I wrote something about AI, mostly for students. (Comments welcome!) I’m available for hire as an academic editor and ed tech consultant! I am a new Teaching Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University! Another letter to students will be written soonish. 🙂

Hi all, (This letter is being sent to previous students of mine in the past 3 years, as part of a series I started when UWB first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website. This might be the last one. Email or send a message if you want to stay in touch!)  How’s everyone doing? I know things are… a lot right now. The country has been especially tense since the…

Hi all, (This letter is being sent to previous students of mine in the past 2 years, as part of a series I started when UWB first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website.)  Ok, so um. I guess you know why I’m writing. Every time something really huge happens that causes me to worry about our collective mental health, I feel compelled to write you all. So,…

Hi all! (This letter is being sent to previous students of mine in the past 2 years, as part of a series I started when UWB first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website. If you want off this mailing list, let me know. If you want to stay on it, send me your non-UW email address.)  I know I keep saying that this’ll be my last message, but, man, so much has…

(This letter is being sent to current and previous students of mine in the past 2 years, as part of a series I started when UWB first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website. If you want off this mailing list, let me know. If you want to stay on it after you graduate, send me your non-UW email address.)  It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything to…

Oh hey. There’s some scholarship here again…

I’ll be presenting in a panel on experiments in pedagogy in higher ed at Play Make Learn this week! Here are my slides about a course I teach on Critical Let’s Plays. (It’s all visual so you should go to options and turn on the speaker notes… Also testing out google slides embed; hopefully this works. 🙂 )

Hi all, (This letter is being sent to current and previous students of mine in the past 2 years, as part of a series I started when UWB first went into lockdown. An archive of previous emails can be found on my website. If you want off this mailing list, let me know. If you want to stay on it after you graduate, send me your non-UW email address.) I’m not sure what to say. The news from two…

Hey all, As most of you know, I’ve been sending out periodic emails to students and former students over the past couple of years*, starting from when the pandemic first hit, trying to take an open approach to you all since, honestly, I didn’t trust others to do the same. I felt like you deserved to be informed about the virus and UW’s response to it, but then that sort of morphed into thoughts…

Hi all, (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and some former students since the start of the pandemic. If you want off this list, lmk. If you want to stay on as a former student, lmk and send me your non-UW email. And, if you’re interested, you can see an archive of past emails to students on my website.) You know… when I first started writing these emails to current and former…

Hi all. (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and some former students since the start of the pandemic. If you want off this list, lmk. If you want to stay on as a former student, lmk and send me your non-UW email. And, if you’re interested, you can see an archive of past emails to students on my website.) Where to start? A lot has happened since the last time I wrote you all.I was…

Hi all, (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and some former students since the start of the pandemic. If you want off this list, lmk. If you want to stay on as a former student, lmk and send me your non-UW email. And, if you’re interested, you can see an archive of past emails to students on my website.) It’s hard, innit? I know. And at UW, we’re going into remote instruction again…

Hi all and happy boxing day (and other holidays)! (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and some former students since the start of the pandemic. If you want off this list, lmk. If you want to stay on as a former student, lmk and send me your non-UW email. And, if you’re interested, I’m maintaining an archive of past emails to students.) This is just a note to say that I hope things are…

Hi all, We’re halfway through the first quarter of the new academic year. Things at UWB seem to be going okay in terms of people wearing masks and respecting the policies in place, and, surprisingly to me, we haven’t had any major outbreaks! Hoorah for small comforts. 🙂 I think there’s still a lot of uncertainty and a general numbness going on, though, and I’m not sure what it is other than…

It’s the end of September in 2021

Hi, (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and some former students since the start of the pandemic. If you want off this list, lmk. If you want to stay on as a former student, lmk. And, if you’re interested, an archive of the emails can be found here: https://markdangerchen.net/2020/06/03/letters-to-my-students/) If you’re at UW, this means that the new school year has just started (and…

Thoughts after more than a year…

Hi all, (I’ve been sending periodic emails to current and former students. I think I’ll be sending fewer and fewer, but, just in case, if you want off this list, lmk. Also, if you’re graduating and want to stay on, send me your non-UW email. And, if you’re interested, an archive of the emails can be found here: https://markdangerchen.net/2020/06/03/letters-to-my-students/) As stated in the…

Hi everyone, So much has happened since my last letter that I’m not sure what to say. I mean, for weeks now, I haven’t been sure what to say, and that’s partly why this has taken so long. It seems like we keep getting hit by tragedy, both nationally and close by. The close one, a death of a student right as Spring Break was starting left me just not sure of anything anymore, especially because…