May 19, 2013
Weber State University provided iPads free of charge to students this semester as part of an experimental case study. The ongoing research, presented at WSU’s Teaching and Learning Symposium last week, is designed to discover the influence of mobile technology’s reach into the classroom. The students in the courses that provided the iPads responded positively [...]
Continue reading …William Powers, a former journalist at the Washington Post and author of the bestseller Hamlet’s Blackberry, gave a presentation on Thursday at Weber State University about how humans have always tried to connect with the world through evolving technology. “(Humans have an) inborn drive to want to reach out to connect and figure out what’s [...]
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Bryan Butterfield J.R. Westmoreland can navigate an iPad and do computer programming with his eyes closed. Add to that list spelunking, rock climbing, skiing and DJ-ing an internet radio show, just for starters. Diagnosed with retinal cancer as a toddler, Westmoreland is now completely blind. When his parents asked the doctor what they should do, [...]
Continue reading …What do a 2,000-year-old Greek mechanical device called Antikythera and today’s computers have in common? David Ferro, dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State University, said he believes it is simply logic that links these two devices. Ferro gave a seminar on Wednesday as part of the Greek Festival going [...]
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Medieval music and instruments like the ‘shawm’ may not be things students at Weber State University are familiar with, but after taking a course like Music 1010, an introductory art class, they just might be. “This class has been on the books for years, it goes way back,” said Thomas Root, a professor of music and [...]
Continue reading …Many people, when confronted with video games and those who play them, immediately think, “Oh, that’s just a waste of time. Why would you kill so much valuable time staring at a screen?” What you might not realize is that playing video games actually is more beneficial than most people think. Video games are becoming [...]
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