What do these things have in common you ask? It’s all about “what I did on my summer non-vacation!”. Project 1: Digital Tattoo: This is basically a self-guided tutorial all about digital literacy for students. Still a work in progress but getting close. My role was learning design and student wrangler on the web design … Continue reading »
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Musing on Boot Camp
On my way to work this morning, I found myself thinking about the concept of “boot camp.” It’s everywhere: get fit bootcamps; software training bootcamps – at UBC, we even have a Vista Bootcamp for Faculty new to the CMS. Boot camps are wildly popular – despite their decidedly militaristic roots. Why? What’s at the … Continue reading »
Multi-tasking Revisited
Found an interesting and entertaining article on multitasking today by way of George Siemens’ blog . I’ve been thinking about multi-tasking for a while now and I’ve come to the opinion that we have trapped ourselves in the illusion that we can do more in less time and that all we need are more tools … Continue reading »