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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Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains. The tools we use define and shape our thinking. – George Siemens From the Psychological perspective I would say that technology is creating, strengthening and altering our neural pathways which could be deemed as “rewiring”. In the short time I have been teaching (2010 – present) I have noticed a
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About 3 years ago I met a guy named Randy through a dating website. We met up for our first official date and things went well so we set up a second date. On our second date we walked our dogs through Washington Park and my dog barked excitedly at a woman with a dog
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