by Cameron Nichol | Oct 15, 2013 | Ed Tech use
Authors John Scalzi and Seanan McGuire (both recent HUGO winners) provide some advice on the use of the “@” in twitter. At Unbearable At-ness of “@” “@”-ing someone’s Twitter name explicitly means that your comment will show up in their reply feed — i.e.,...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 14, 2013 | Ed Tech use
Now, I’m a fan of the use of technology to support learning. It’s my field, and I certainly think we need to consider the use of digital resources in higher education much more seriously than we currently do. I think the category of online learning...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 11, 2013 | Ed Tech use, Passing exams in the digital age, Study Help
We’re into the end of year count down to exams and there is no more time for tooling around. It’s time to abandon cat video’s, Steam, WoW, CoD, Minecraft and Facebook. For those who are too weak minded to go cold turkey, here’s some help from...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 7, 2013 | Presenting a message, This made me laugh
Now, I have stated in the past that I’m a fan of info graphics as a way to make stats and data more consumable. Of course, like PowerPoint, this is open to abuse by people who don’t quite get it. It has got so common that someone has dedicated a site to...
by Cameron Nichol | Oct 5, 2013 | This made me laugh
Calling all SciFi nuts – this is fantastic. “Ever wonder how a Borg cube from Star Trek compares to the Kilrathi’s Dreadnought from Wing Commander? Now you can!” Spaceship Size Chart
