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From Keyboard-Driven UI to Google Glass: What’s the Next Metaphor?

April 30, 2013 by jbb Leave a Comment

On the eve of the release of Google Glass we’re continuing to hear tech pundits go on about how nobody except wanna-be hipsters are going to wear Google Glass. Just for the record, many of these folks are the same ones who went on record in 2007 saying that no one is going to want [...]

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Happy Holy Friday: What Non-Believers May Be Missing

April 6, 2012 by jbb

Crowd on Oktoberfest in Bavaria/Microsoft Clipart/iStockphoto

I’ve had wonderful conversations with my girlfriend, Tricia, over the past few weeks as she’s queried me about my faith status saying that after a year she still doesn’t really know what I believe in. Also, for me, this week has historically been significant as a time when I’ve reflected on my faith and more [...]

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Video Wednesdays: Rob Reid: Copyright Math(tm)

March 28, 2012 by jbb

$2012-03-19-copyright-math$

In honor of my students reading through this week’s materials on Copyright issues…

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Video Fridays: Jane McGonigal: Gaming Can Make a Better World

March 23, 2012 by jbb

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…

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The Story of the OLPC: Kids Are the Mission Not A Market

February 9, 2012 by jbb

At CES 2012 this past January the One Laptop Per Child foundation unveiled their newest model called the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet. The model shown seemed to have gained some weight and was much more boxy than the prototype hyped by OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte in 2010. (see videos at the bottom of the page [...]

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How Important Is Music Education? TEDxBoston – Benjamin Zander and the YOA [video]

February 8, 2012 by jbb

I’ve been fortunate enough to have had many music educators as my students and they tend to respond very strongly to the book we read in my class, The Art of Possibility by Conductor Benjamin Zander and Psychologist Rosamund Stone Zander. The following video was brought to my attention via one of my students’ blog [...]

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Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong [TED talk]

November 22, 2011 by jbb

At TEDx Orlando 2011 we were shown the following video/TED talk by Eric Whitacre. I’ve been working in online education for over three years and earned my master’s degree and worked on a doctorate online, I know how powerful the connections can be. Far from being a weak substitute for “being there,” there is a [...]

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Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

February 22, 2011 by jbb

Why do we do what we do? Some might respond that asking such questions is a typical first-world problem, that it’s the modern equivalent to trying to figure out how many angels can dance on the head because with so many people going hungry in the world and in our own country, how dare we [...]

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In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think

March 11, 2010 by jbb

I just finished read/listening to Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, and like waking with memories of a vivid dream, I want to get my thoughts down before they get pushed aside by the concerns of the day. In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think I think that [...]

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The Role of Technology in Education

December 9, 2009 by jbb

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working with my Full Sail EMDT students teaching and learning more about online learning management systems. I’ve been using online tools for teaching and learning for over nine years and tech in my classrooms for over 15-years, so I generally don’t think twice about the role of tech [...]