When it comes to managing my personal learning environment, Google certainly brings a lot to the table. Unfortunately, the most glaring oversight is Drive’s lack of ability to conveniently share links among collaborators. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of social bookmarking as much as the next person, …
I’ve been experimenting in ways of gathering data via Google forms and displaying them as charts that automatically update as submissions are made to the forms. The charts can then be embedded in a web page (like this one), and update as the data in the spreadsheet is updated. The …
Simple animation has been on my mind for a number of months as I’ve been thinking about animated GIFs. One of the rabbit trails I’ve followed while exploring the GIF topic has been these 12 Principles of Animation. These principles had been formalized by the animators at Walt Disney, in …
Since swapping my iPhone in for an Android phone, I’ve found myself playing catchup on much of the Android culture. I’ll save my comparisons of the two general platforms for another post, but the obvious and plentiful differences got me wondering just how many Americans use an iOS device versus …
Norman Bel Geddes was one of the early industrial designers, a theater designer, an architect, urban planner, and huge visionary of his time. Most famous for his epic work on the General Motors Futurama Exhibit for the 1939-40 World’s Fair, Norman Bel Geddes’ prolific design work was emblematic of a …
This article is based on a talk I gave at on of out Teaching Tip Live sessions at work. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to share with others something that I’ve been rolling around in my mind for quite some time. A lot has happened with GIFs …
As part of the last reading group activity I reviewed the Lift Conference that occurred earlier this year in February. The conference agenda listed many talks on various topics, all quite interesting. The talks themselves were streamed live during the event and are available to watch online for anyone who …
