Strong opinions, loosely held, in and around Teaching, Technology, and AI’s impact on Higher Education.
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Interactivity; in an inactive Covid era
For nearly five year, I’ve highlighted here several developing online services that can help bring interactivity onscreen to media. Interactivity such as using 3d models that allow users to interact and learn through the use of pins or way-points to designing learning into of a tour. Even spreading out this idea to developing content immersive…
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Logitech Capture; pro studio features in a user friendly app
Jumping off from my previous post on making a “Pro Camera as Your Web Camera,” This video series runs you through how to elevate synchronous video or asynchronous recording if you have a contemporary Logitech camera. Logi Capture simply put is a user friendly approach to streaming and screen-casting; without a lot of need for…
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Pro Camera as your Web Camera
Now that Zoom allows users to set their slide deck as their virtual desktop, you might be thinking to yourself ; “maybe it is time after all to user a better camera than this integrated webcam after all?” As I mentioned back in my AV Tune Up video, a little $25ish HDMI adapter can turn…
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Virtual Studio Tour; video
Full interview/show for the the Virtual Studio Tour with WWU Alumni Association
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PowerPoint as a Virtual Background in Zoom
More and more apps are trying to embrace what I call the ‘hometown meteorologist effect.’ You know the one, where someone in a news studio walks in front of a green-screen to forecast the weather on a digital background they see just off camera. Well Zoom now has incorporated their idea for it in their…
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Virtual Studio Tour ; October
October Virtual Studio Tour with Photographer AJ Barse AJ Barse is a digital arts specialist and an award-winning photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. His style is influenced by Cascadian outdoor culture and his passion for horology…
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Discord & EdTech
A quick read from the folks at Discord on uses of the Discord platform, and how it could be used in edtech. What can Discord do? And didn’t it start off as a platform for gamer convo? Yes and in short… A dedicated, free to use, invite only class space for classes like AP US…
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Little Learner Tech (part 2)
Outside Learning & Using Tech: Continuing from the first part in using tech indoors that foster learning, here we are getting out and using tech to augment our learning. In the PNW, the outdoors are an integral part for many of in our way of life or even our culture in this region. To offset…
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Little Learner Tech (part 1)
Inside Learning & Using Tech: For anyone who has a little-one, being at home and not being able to have your child go out and just play has had its ups and downs. In the connected age, there were already worries and research on the impact of digital devices on cognitive development and attention spans.…
