Almost all of the students in classrooms K-12, and a large percentage of students in colleges are ‘digital natives,’ or students who grew up with ubiquitous access to digital media. These are those who can’t remember a time without e-mail and the internet. Because these students are intimately familiar with computers, the web, [...]
On the back end of Haptic devices and Multi-touch displays I ran across this article and video this morning that demonstrates another possible way to manipulate computers with your hands.
As more and more possibilities present themselves for physically manipulating data on a computer, the more and more it will become mainstream. I really like [...]
Do you ever feel like either of these guys?
This video speaks to me on two levels, both as a tech guy, and as a guy trying to learn new things from technology…
May be all be a little nicer to our tech guys today… and perhaps a little nicer to the people we support. We [...]
Just a forewarning… this is a techie post, but a techie post that I think some educators will find useful.
So I have a three computers that I use regularly. I have a dual-monitor Desktop ThinkCentre, a MAC Mini and a Laptop. You can see them all here together.
Well, as you can imagine syncing [...]
I ran across this great video this morning (on a blog in my RSS reader) for those of you who aren’t using RSS yet… now’s the time. Get on board!
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There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people [...]
18 Apr, 2007
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: General
I have to forewarn you, this is going to be a serious blog entry. I found out yesterday that someone I knew was killed in the Virginia Tech shootings that has been all over the news. If you read the news and listen to the reports the gunman went into a German classroom at the [...]
Digital Ethnography, the people that brought us the edublogger smash-hit “The Machine is Using Us,” has put out a new video entitled “The Internet has a Face.” From their post introducing the video:
“Before, we were reliant upon what the user has expressed through words, however, when one can read beyond words through visuals, the [...]
I just heard about a new service called Unype. It is a local download program that you launch at the same time you have google earth and skype open. It allows you to go to places in google earth and chat with other users in the same place.
This might be useful for some geography [...]
I came across this insightful video this morning about Digital Learners and why technology is important to incorporate when teaching students.
This is not a new idea, but one that is dear to me. Use this video anytime you have a room full of teachers and you’re trying to help them see why technology [...]
I came across this great quick introduction to RSS reads this morning in my reads (through my RSS reads). I, like Mark Wagner who wrote this article, have often been asked by people how I know this or that. It is because of RSS. My subscriptions keep me up to date without having to go [...]