Musings on Education, Technology, Pop Culture, Religion & Staying Curious
The more you know about the nascent computer education game the funnier this trailer is. I can’t tell you how many times I watched fourth graders lose everyone in their travel party because they shot more bison than they could eat or carry (or like the guy in the trailer, they spent all of their [...]
This past Sunday afternoon Tricia and I went to see her brother play at a Blues jam session held at a place called Jesup Bay out in Oviedo, a few miles from my place. It was a beautiful afternoon, the parking lot was packed and a ring of motorcycles surrounded the entry way, where a [...]
In honor of my students reading through this week’s materials on Copyright issues…
The New Media landscape continues to morph into … well, the pundits know not what, but they worry that too much power will be concentrated in the hands of the media powerhouses, like Google’s YouTube. So said Leo Laporte, of TWiT.TV fame, on his weekly This Week in Tech podcast. He’s leery of what this [...]
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…
This video popped up on my media feeds last week, a short video created by the artists behind the Playstation 3 game Heavy Rain, as an example of what can be done with mo-cap (motion capture) and virtual characters. There’s something poignant about bringing a story about an android thinking that it’s alive and pleading [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
Soon-to-be EMDT Graduate and freelance photographer, Drew Fulton wrote the following blog post as a reflection on our course reading, The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. Yet it is only when we make mistakes in performance that we really begin to notice what needs attention. While reading through the first [...]
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