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 types of nasty…
Dumbing Down the Next Generation
Those in higher education today have to wear a variety of hats, from advisor, career specialist, to recruiter; and students want their education online, on-demand, and on their terms. Anyone who has ever advised students can tell you that just getting students to understand the elementary concepts of what and why you need general education courses - can be exhausting. Everyone is in a transition, students and teachers.The digital natives (a digital native is defined as a person born between 1980 and 1994) are being inundated with academic curriculum designed to be done on the computer – but let’s face it, it's still just another teaching method. I tend to…
The Way Forward Starts Here – What Went Right
The Way Forward Starts Here – What Went Right The title would better read “the way forward starts with you”. We often find ourselves bewitched with words. As Sigmund Freud once stated in a lecture in psychoanalysis in 1915 “Words were originally magic and to this day words have retained much of their ancient magical power”. With just a simple twist of words, we can motivate or provoke a person or group of people into action. If you add a list of positives words into your speech, over a short amount of time you will begin to see the subtle hints of change in the attitudes and behavior of others…
Winds of Change
Winds of Change Time changes everything, and we need to be able to re-evaluate our own lives and the direction we are headed in. It doesn’t matter if the direction is one we have selected for ourselves, or one where life itself has lead us there unaware. Sometimes those things that we thought mattered most, are not important any longer. Rather, things that we overlooked or have forgotten from the past come closer to our new reality. Change is an emotional experience that reminds us that nothing is permanent. It teaches us to prioritize those things that are really important. Change can mean loss, but it can also mean gaining…
How Technologically Savvy is your Instructor?
How Technologically is Savvy your Instructor? Do you know an instructor caught up in the last century when it comes to technology? Oops – Is it you that is caught in the past? Are you still squeaking by with outdated technology skills, hoping no one will notice? Does your instructor even have their degree yet? Unfortunately, if an instructor doesn’t have those lifelong learning skills either from prior education, or learned through continuing professional development, they probably won’t appreciate the benefits derived from the use of technology in their classroom. The belief and value systems of each individual teacher are a factor to consider when looking at how they view…
