Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era
Cell Phones & The Pre-Selfie Era – Welcoming In The New Millennials Some selfies are just worth it! When the UofU took a major championship, the Crimson Line dancers were partying down in the standsI Life time photo! “Although Utah was not officially recognized as a national champion by the BCS (which crowned Florida in 2008), the team was ranked No. 1 in the final Anderson-Hester computer rankings after the 2008 season and was later officially credited by the NCAA as a national champion in 2018 due to its undefeated record and strong performance in the BCS era.” ~Google AI Utah remains the only team from a non-automatic qualifying conference to play in two BCS…
Technology integration – now and future
Technology integration – now and future #BringItOn” I was standing outside the middle school talking with the technology guy for both the middle school and the high school a while back. Really great guy, a family man, well respected for his work with the school district. We were discussing the issue of Bringing Your Own Devices (BOD) to school, and how that would affect, not just the lives of the students, but his IT department, and all the teachers at both schools. While I am tremendously happy for our district, I also understand the challenges we face with technology. New Technology and Education New technology creates volumes of work for those in IT, as well as for…
Lectures in the field and the use of social media
Lectures in the field and the use of social media as a learning tool Today, I taught a lesson from a compilation of about 500 images that were taken using a cell phone during a self-help housing project back in 2011. I took those images over six months. The compilation was showing the process of building a house from the ground up. Below are a few images of the outside of the house showing the levels or steps of the construction phases.The classes I taught today consisted of students from the woodwork and construction classes, so the compilation was very appropriate for study. I was able to present…
Edutainment – a Virtual World
Edutainment – a virtual world. It’s not a game – it’s an environment like a canvas without boundaries. The benefits are that you have an environment that can be changed for any reasonable circumstance. While the environment can be fun, it can be designed to be challenging at the same time. It might be interesting to see a virtual avatar of the instructor popping in and out like the Cheshire cat giving minimal guidance where appropriate. The tangible benefits of this type of environment can be many. The environment can be set up to allow learners to go back or retrace their steps in a process of discovery to correct an…
Does Facebook finally have enough emojis
Back to the Drawing Board / High School -Does Facebook finally have enough emojis — or would you like “dislike” Where is the most unlikely place to learn out about technology? How about a high school classroom filled with 9th – 12th-grade level students? Well, that is exactly where I went to ask the question … “Does Facebook finally have enough emojis — or would you like “dislike”? Yes they all have a cell phone, and yes, they have some NEWS for the new “emojis”. FEEDBACK CHAT First off, the thought of negative feedback in this day and age is almost to the toxic stage. Just look at the political landscape, and you can envision all…
