Take a look at this! http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/topic.py?dep_id=1060&loc_id=11651&src=cbopsprof Google plans to open up a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This link tells a bit more. http://www.google.com/datacenter/councilbluffs/ The picture here looks like something from Second Life! Powered by Qumana
Category: Technology
New Hope for Tired Eyes!
Quite by accident, I discovered that if I held down the Ctrl key while I used the mouse scroll wheel; the text on my screen got BIGGER! I was in IE reading my webmail when I discovered this, and I will definitely be using it all the time now! I’m also going to see what…
Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives — I’m a Digital Pioneer!
There is talk about the “Digital Divide” in our classrooms. Digital immigrants are defined as those people who did not grow up with computers. Considering the IBM Personal Computer came into being August 12, 1981 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC), digital natives would need to have been born after that time. And it was some time after that as…
WIIFM?
My professor, Barry Bratton at the University of Iowa always wanted us to think about the “WIIFMs” when we designed instruction. “WIIFM” stands for What’s in it for Me??? It is pronounced “wiff-em.” I thought about that when I read fellow classmate (Jim’s) posting on our class discussion board. He was relating to us a story…
Scavenger Hunt in Second Life
Tonight in our class, we had introductions and discussion in the treehouse area. As the sun went down, we did a “Force Sun” and went on a Scavenger hunt. Through notecards and teleports, we navigated through some very interesting places. I found myself very frustrated at the rate of refresh on some areas (the fountain…
Come Visit Our Campus in Second Life
Designing Digitally has helped us establish a virtual presence in Second Life. Come and visit us!
To Be a Student Again!
I was excited to hear about the Educational Gaming and Simulations in Second Life class taught online through Boise State. It was a tad pricey at $1044 with a $55 application fee, but I thought – it sounds like just what I need. I submitted my application online and awaited the registration information. When I got an…
A Night at the Opera
OK, not really! It is 5:33am, and I just downloaded the browser Opera www.opera.com to play with a bit on recommendation from one of my students. I really like the Speed Dial function, but could only have 9??? I guess that is enough, but mine are all full now. It also seems a bit speedier…
Plagued with Red-Eye
Our family is plagued with the red-eye syndrome! Here is the Adobe Photoshop tutorial that I use to remove it from our pictures. Basically, it has you creating a new layer for the fix. On that layer, you select an “eye color” (sampled if possible) and paint over the red portion. Select Filter, Blur, Gaussian…
Ready for Approval
Well, in just 2 short weeks, we are ready for the approval stage! Luck would have it that it hits during finals week!