Point of No Return

Point of No Return

This was the week of no return. At an average of 100 pts a week, the 11th week marks the point at which some students have enough points to pass the course. They will pass regardless of what they do for the remainder of the semester. The students who have enough...
Student Adoption and Use of Technology

Student Adoption and Use of Technology

Traditional age students entering higher education institutions today are the last group of college bound students that are part of the Digital Native and/or Millennial generation. They view technology as an important part of their everyday lives for communication,...
Teaching Worldliness

Teaching Worldliness

Now that educational technology has advanced to the place where it threatens the traditional role of the teacher, I find myself pondering just what our role is as educators. I addressed this question in general in a prior post, but today I would like to discuss what I...
Educational Media Technologies: New Office Hours!

Educational Media Technologies: New Office Hours!

Have you heard the excitement that the Osterlin building will be opening at 7:30am starting November 16, 2015? EMT also feels that this is a great opportunity to support students, faculty, and staff prior to those 8:00am classes.  That is why we have decided that we...
Skywalker or Lucas?

Skywalker or Lucas?

Since many of us are waiting in anticipation of the newest Star Wars episode, I thought I might use that for inspiration. I recently watched a TED talk by Will Wright (found here), twice. Will is a game developer and has most notably created SimCity, The Sims, and...