Dave Largent

On January 1, 2022, I posted that I had walked every day that year. It is now February 8, 2026 and I still can say I have walked every day for at least 20 minutes since January 1, 2022. That is a total of 1500 days. During that time I have walked more than 9300 miles. #goals #walking #habits

Beginning programmer's reflection: "At first I tried really hard to write the code so that it would work perfectly the first time I ran it. Once I gave up that mindset and allowed myself to make mistakes it became a lot easier to find where the problems in my code were."
#growthmindset #programming

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

The Human Educator: Intelligent, Not Artificial
Presented By: Paul Gestwicki – Professor of Computer Science

Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 3:00 PM, RB 125

Abstract & bio: www.linkedin.com/posts/ball-s...

My POV tonight. #chirpchirp

All set up and ready for students to come play slow games of tic-tac-toe. Each time a student visits my office they get to make two moves. And then I wait for the next student to arrive.

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during October and November 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Whelp! I've done it again. I've walked every day this year! That makes five January 1s in a row that I've done that. Four years and a day done (3 miles); just 364 days and 2023 miles to go this year.

#goals

During the last 10 years, I've walked 22,871 miles. I'm looking forward to what 2026 has to offer. If I walk 4 more miles than needed to match next year's number, I will have walked the circumference of the Earth (at the equator) in eleven years.

I walked at least 20 minutes EVERY day of 2025. Since January 1, 2022, that makes 1461 consecutive days (4 years). I walked 2,244 miles this year, surpassing my goal of walking the year number by 219 miles. I recorded 3,470,553 steps in 2025, which translated to an average of 6.1 miles per day.

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during October and November 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/posts/ball-s...

Stay tuned for more in coming days!

I decided to wait until after dinner for my walk when the windchill temperature got up to its high of 2°F. It wasn’t bad except exposed skin got a little chilly.

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they presented during the September 2025 CCSC:MW Conference. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Stay tuned for more in coming days!

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during September 2025.   SEPTEMBER ·   Sophia Krause-Levy, Andrew Petersen, Oladele… | Ball ... Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during September 2025.   SEPTEMBER ·   Sophia Krause-Levy, Andrew Petersen, Oladele Oladunjo...

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during September 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Stay tuned for more in coming days!

One last walk around the neighborhood with my Santa hat on for this year.

Our faculty conduct research, in addition to teaching. Here is a recap of some of the results they produced during August 2025. Check out the results at this link: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Stay tuned for more in coming days!

I got to wear my @bsuimmersive.bsky.social High Impact Practices Faculty pin to @ballstate.bsky.social graduation for the first time today.

I’m ready for another fun filled morning of herding cats.

Sometimes you need to bring your debugging duck with you to get through your Computer Science final exam.

It’s the end of day one of finals and things are already starting to look blurry! Oh wait, maybe that’s not a mirror.

We think we have great professors and administrators in our department, and now we have proof that Ball State University thinks so as well. Not only is our department chair, Jennifer Coy, a great… | B... We think we have great professors and administrators in our department, and now we have proof that Ball State University thinks so as well. Not only is our department chair, Jennifer Coy, a great prof...

We have great professors in our department, and now we have proof that @ballstate.bsky.social thinks too. Not only is our department chair, Jen Coy, a great professor, earlier this semester she was presented with the Outstanding Administrator Award. Read more... www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The judging results are in for the twenty-fifth semi-annual CS 120 All-section Art Show! Take a look. Was your favorite chosen? www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/dl...
#CS1 #ArtShow #MediaComputation #ComputerArt #Python @ballstate.bsky.social @proflargent.bsky.social

Hey alumni! Take a look.

Hey BSU CS Alumni! Contribute something.

Another chilly 20 minute walk. This time 20° F windchill, so warmer than yesterday.

I had to bundle up a bit for my 20 minute walk today in Central Indiana. Windchill was 14°.F.

Thank you to all who contributed to another wonderful Lilly Conference on College Teaching. See you next year.

The end of Lilly Conference on College Teaching presentation number two.

Time to donate some red liquid.

This quote from a learner reflection explains a lot:

"There are kids in my sister's high school class who don’t understand file and directory systems in a computer. To them, everything is in apps. The idea of filing cabinets and folders are not recognizable abstractions."

I must be getting old.