My general workflow is to write notes by hand the first time I teach something. If I teach it again, I type up those notes\u2014 making changes as I do\u2014 and print them out. When I teach it the time after that, I pencil in revisions on the print out from the time before. For things I teach many times, I eventually incorporate the revisions into the file and print a fresh copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This means that I’m not just phoning in the same lecture every time, but I’m also not starting from scratch every time. Incremental refinement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today I’m teaching Peirce’s essay “The Fixation of Belief” in my Understanding Science class. I was preparing for class and realized that my marked printout was originally composed for Understanding Science in Fall 2012. Since it’s been almost ten years, I figure it’s time to revise the file and print a fresh one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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