In 2014, a young girl named Morgan Geyser stabbed a classmate nearly twenty times. She did it because an online figure called Slenderman told her to. This is troubling. Children are having trouble distinguishing fact from fiction on the internet. Recently young children across the world were encountering a creepy figure called Momo who was […]
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Prompt: A clear lesson from history is that it’s easy to follow fads and have unrealistic expectations about a new technology’s potential, leading to a backlash when the research findings are disappointing. What current trends might be good candidates for a backlash today? What could be done to make a backlash less likely or severe?
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Anyone who has tried to learn to drive by first reading about it and then doing it can attest: our most powerful educational experiences comes from learning that is hands-on, interactive, and meaningful. Why is that? Simply put, it’s all about constructivism: the power of doing. We human beings constantly interact with our environment, building
Bitcoin, a type of virtual currency, is a term that is used frequently and is familiar to many people. The technology behind Bitcoin is blockchain. Blockchain utilizes distributed ledger technology (DLT) and while it was originally developed for Bitcoin, it’s applications are growing by the day. Blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions, whether they
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I recently had the opportunity to observe at a large cable company in Denver. I found out that the company’s Instructional Designers are utilizing virtual reality to train their cable installers and I jumped at the chance to see their work in action. The IDs utilized a combination of Oculus Rift headsets, Leap Motion and
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Can we learn through Podcasts? I pose this question while I sit on the Light Rail traveling to campus. The world is becoming increasingly mobile and learning seems to be keeping in stride with the trend. I typing this blog post on my phone. My neighbor is also writing what appears to be an email
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Late last year I had my first experience with Virtual Reality, or VR at a gaming cafe. From an entertainment perspective, VR is pretty amazing. It’s a completely immersive gaming experience unlike anything else. I have been playing video games since I was about six years old but playing a game in VR is a
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Last week I logged into Twitter and saw the advertisement shown above. Normally I don’t pay attention to advertisements, but this one caught my eye. The advertisement seems harmless enough. Google is advertising Google Assistant by demonstrating how it can close a garage door or turn off a light and the advertisement invites us to
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I did something I never thought I would do. I tried Snapchat. (Insert shocked emoji here). I teach primarily 7th grade and a few sections of 12th grade. I have noticed this trend increasing over the last year or two. Students are seemingly addicted and I have stayed away… until now. I figured for the
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