Inside View

Following Introduction to Graphology with @goharosen

I'M WATCHING @GOHAROSEN take me down the path of graphology and that process allows me to apply yet another scientific method to teaching and learning.

In the background, during the 10,000 words of research, Gosia is sharing her insights with me every week. And I'm trying to facilitate a peer review of her fourth year project by sharing our tabletop conversations in my YouTube channel and as part of my Edtech musings on Spreaker.

Panopto Full Screen Webcam

I MARKED MY FIRST day creating content with Pantopto and wish to confirm two things: (1) it is as simple as pressing the big red button and (2) you can fill the entire screen with your face if you wish. 

Working around the self-imposed 3.5 limit

We have several flavours of headphones in the house and it's getting very messy to figure out which technology delivers the best sound. I may stay with Sony Xperia handsets to reclaim something close to the warm turntable tones I learned to love.

It's 2018 and I'm Still Using

EVERY YEAR, I look at the stuff I'm carrying and the things I'm using on a daily basis. I'm very happy with my Logitech Wireless Mouse, my Rode Smart Lav+ microphone, my Kanex portable battery, my Sony Xperia Z5 phone, and my Patriot USB memory key.

Ireland's Digital Learning Framework (DLF)

AS 2018 OPENS, I'm keen to see if the innovative use of digital technologies I've used with Ireland's Youth Media Team can be channeled to support part of the proposed Digital Learning Framework.

Words I Want to Ban Too

My STYLE GUIDE that I expect students to use includes tiresome words to be avoided when producing essays for third level. I borrow from Northern Michigan's Lake Superior State University 43rd Annual List.

The 2017 list of phrases not to be used include the following:

-- Let me ask you this

-- unpack

-- Impacting

-- Nothingburger

-- Tons

-- Dish

-- Drill down

-- Let that sink in

According to Jeff Karoub from the Associated Press, the top vote getter is "fake news". 

Personally, I despise "whatever" wherever it appears.

You can instill greater respect for etymology by following Jeff @jeffkaroub Karoub on Twitter. 

[Bernie Goldbach teaches creative media for business in the Limerick Institute of Technology. Image of Fake News from the Washington Post.]