Strong opinions, loosely held, in and around Teaching, Technology, and AI’s impact on Higher Education.
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Screen Cap’n
Screencast-O-Matic (for WWU) Doing a search for “screen capturing” or “screen recording” software can lead you down a bumpy road. Luckily, WWU has Screencast-o-matic, a one stop shop for recording your presentation, webcam, app demonstration; and easily edit it. There are a number of Screencast-O-Matic tutorials available for you to review on the Screencast-O-Matic website.…
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Video games won’t rot your brain; but screen-time will (educationally speaking)
Cognitive development: What are the Effects of Tablets and Smartphones on Babies’ Brains? | Babies: Their Wonderful World 2016- TODDLERS’ FINE MOTOR MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY TOUCHSCREEN SCROLLING {LINK} Touchscreen technologies provide an intuitive and attractive source of sensory/cognitive stimulation for young children. Despite fears that usage may have a negative impact on…
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wp.wwu.edu workshop video course
STC Workshop page: https://stc.wwu.edu/workshops YouTube Playlist ” http://bit.ly/wpwwuplaylist
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First Ever “Iconic” Black Hole ‘photo’ | Event Horizon Telescope – Harvard
“A global team of astronomers, led by Harvard scientists, have captured an image of a black hole for the first time. The result of a massive, years-long effort by dozens of researchers, the Event Horizon Telescope focused on a pair of supermassive black holes – the one at the center of the Milky Way galaxy,…
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“Creativity is the new Literacy”
A partnership between Oxford and CreativeLive (Chase Jarvis, Seattle) has been formed. “As of today, more than 24,000 University of Oxford students will have access to CreativeLive….”
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Anchor.FM & Introducing Podcasting in a Classroom?
With this second golden age of podcasting, podcast production is getting easier and easier. Anchor.FM (recently acquired by Spotify) allows users to use a free mobile app, or web browser, and any microphone, and allows anyone to get started podcasting without any real need of knowing “editing.” And accounts/hosting is free (at least at…
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Shot, Animated, Produced; all on iPad
Apple’s newly released series of advertisements for the iPad Pro all sport the minimalistic design style that Apple is known for. But, this time, these ads were all done used the actual tool they are advertising for… https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=I3iVR3qWE3s
