Being mindful of personal space online
Personal Space & Social Media. Being mindful of your personal space, especially when it comes to social media is key to balancing times of rest. It can become a difficult and discouraging situation, if your only personal connections are the same as your work connections. You can still be friends and work together comfortably without being locked into a social media space. It’s okay. Setting boundaries. For those who make a living as social media content creators, hold 2nd & 3rd jobs in hybrid, remote, or in office – you understand “mindset & personal space”. t’s not a juggling act, it’s survival. People make a good living being creators, and…
Learning Environments – Comfort Zones & The Sound Experience | Ambience Masking
Sound travels, so do ideas, thoughts, and perceptions. But are they clear? Do you know what others are hearing, or are your conversations just background ambience? It is always helpful to understand a little about the difference between environments before designing your educational or working spaces. –Offices -Cubicles -Open office -Hot desking. I would have to add one more to this list -Learning Environment, the classroom Learning Environment – a shift – moving the comfort zone I recall a trimester I filled in for a high school instructor who sailed off into oblivion, never to be seen again. A lot led up to a couple new designs that I would…
Leadership – in a World Surrounded by Technology
Leadership – in a World Surrounded by Technology Leadership really doesn’t have a gender type. Leadership is what it is – a skill that one possess that enables them to guide others through a process. Effective leadership simple means you have inspired others. You’ve created a path that lead to success, and celebrated the accomplishments with those who followed your vision. Now lead with technology Our technologically filled work days tend to be more self motivated, less verbally communicative, and often isolated. The computer has taken the brainstorming and research processes to a whole new level. You simply have to key in certain sets of data, and volila you have a bundle of…
Generation Z is upon us
Generation Z is upon us Integrating Technology into the Modern Classroom – Generation Z is upon us. Which generation are you? Are you concerned that the next generation will not value what you worked and lived for? Well, get ready for it, because Generation Z is upon us. They are the true digital natives. Gen Z (born roughly between 1995 and 2010) will turn 20 this year. Largely still growing kids and adolescents, Gen Z members are leaning toward being more self-reliant, and goal-oriented. The big difference between Gen Z and Millennials is that they will not remember a time before social media. As more of the digital generation starts…
Technological Instruction in the Digital Age the new design
Technological Instruction in the Digital Age the new design The Technological Wave and The Stones. It looked rather harmless, and it was slow-moving. But what we didn’t see was the monstrous wave it was ushering in. Technology blanketed the land like a giant snowstorm that would never end. Technology has so transformed the business and educational environments, that a whole generation has grown up around it. It’s like the elephant in the room; you can’t ignore it. Learning & Instructional Design in the Digital Age Moving rocks Digging ourselves out of a digital storm on a daily basis has become the business norm. Shovel a little technology here, and pile…
