The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads – MIT Technology ReviewTogether, these devices make it possible to send and receive signals directly to and from the brain. But nobody has created a network that allows group communication. Until now. World War II bombings weakened upper atmosphere at edge […]
I’ve done a number of introduction to OER conversations over the last few years. I did another recently. Here is my revised attempt at getting at a very broad overview and maybe going a bit farther afield than is typically the case. This particular presentation emphasized OER as addition and that you could use all […]
Vampire squid – WikipediaVampyroteuthis infernalis In the Eyes of the Animalanother experiential animal eye Animal Vision Simulatorsee the world through the eyes of various animals – android phone app Light Work: The Rise of NBA Skills Trainers – The RingerBazzell is a part of a new generation of skills trainers who have utilized social media […]
Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status QuoAlthough it is often advertised as a method that is as innovative as the solutions it promises to produce, it bears an uncanny resemblance to an earlier model of problem-solving, celebrated in the 1970s and 1980s for the superior solutions it was supposed to produce. Called […]
As we wander down the road with this digital photography class, I’m taking fairly detailed notes and expanding on things that don’t get fully covered in the class. I’m also including some of the strange asides because I think they’re interesting. I’m not sure how useful or interesting this will be absent being there but […]
Google and Facebook Didn’t End Data Privacy – The Atlantic Location data was particularly voluminous, with Android smartphones conveying a user’s position in space more than 300 times in a 24-hour period—even if the user has turned off location history in the device’s Google settings. The study also shows that the “incognito” mode in Google’s […]
We shifted some of our default comment settings in rampages. This is an attempt to give students better insight into what setting options they have and why they might make certain choices. DISCUSSIONS IN WORDPRESS Commenting is one feature of WordPress that you can control so that it behaves in ways that match your personal […]
I realize I have many, many things. It’s not clear if those things will be of use to other humans but, at worst, here is something you can ignore. At best, take some hard-won experience and avoid the hassle. These five things solve 98% of our mother blog syndication issues for students. On the professor […]
I’m co-teaching a class this semester on digital photography with John Freyer. It’s aimed at undergraduate non-art majors and it’s blended. There will be lots of field trips and a chunk of online work. There is no particular camera required. Many of the students will be using phones but some have DSLRs. I’m building the […]
Could ‘explorable explanations’ help tell a new kind of story? – Columbia Journalism Review “I’m a bee,” says Case. “I cross-pollinate fields.” […]