I guess it’s gaming week. This selection, game designer, Jane McGonigal, goes well beyond the idea that gaming isn’t just a waste of time, but a part of human evolution and should be tapped to actually save our future…
NGLB – No Gamer Left Behind
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This is a blast from the past, going back over five-year ago, before anyone had heard of “gamification” or any such nonsense. The George Lucas Foundation as part of an Edutopia documentary explored the possible wealth of learning that might be accomplished through something that at that point was thought to be mindless anti-social entertainment: [...]
Loving the Line (Even When I’m Not In It)
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the early hours of Friday morning I was delighted to stumble across tweets and blog posts about the lines that had been forming around the world of mac fans looking to buy the new iPad when their local stores were set to open at 8 A.M. Long the object of ridicule, I’ve come to [...]
What’s In a Model Number – Does It Help or Confuse?
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Happy iPad delivery day! The following is for those making a big deal about the new iPad losing it’s number designation. How many of you have gone shopping for electronics thinking that you knew what you wanted only to be confounded by the naming/numbering nomenclature of the different manufacturers who often sell the same model [...]
How the iPad will change education by Nick La Fountain
March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After the original iPad was released (back in 2010), one of my students wrote the following blog post about how the iPad will change education. How will the iPad change education? By Nick La Fountain There has been a lot of talk around my campus about becoming a 1:1 school. In this vision we imagine [...]
Video Wednesdays: Funny iPad Videos
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On the eve-eve of the arrival of the new iPad (no number!), time to enjoy ackward iPad moments… “So Dad, How Do You Like That iPad We Got?” Steve Martin iPad joke (Steep Canyon Rangers) The New iPad Retina Display Is Stunning! – CONAN on TBS NewsDay iPad Ad
Damn You iPhoto (for iOS)!!!
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in… Al Pacino in The Godfather I know it’s an overused line… but seriously… I just thought that I might be able to get the job done without using iPhoto except to move images from my iPhone or iPad to one of my computers for [...]
CNET: From “News” to Noise
March 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
I got the following ad in my email stream and it gave me reason to pause. C|NET, oh yeah, they used to do news and product reviews… I remember the big red C|NET ball on TV long before I ran into ZD-TV in the mid-90s. In the days before ZD-TV, C|NET TV was usually just [...]
Pinterest, Copyright & FUD
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I recently got the following question from a student: One of my fellow faculty members had this on her facebook page. I thought it was very interesting. I know that several faculty members suggest that students use pinterest as a mood board for coming up with concepts for design projects. Would like to to hear [...]
Sometimes What’s Broke in Education Can’t Be Fixed by Tech, says Michael Wesch
March 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
Recently The Chronicle of Higher Education said it more emphatically with the headline: “A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn’t Working.” According to the Chronicle, it seems that Internet superstar/Youtube ethnographer, Professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University is rethinking his anti-chalk-and-talk tech-infused simulation-styled classroom. It would seem that many are following [...]
