Connecting With and Making Contacts on Social Media: Where is the Dummy’s Guide?!

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Deanna in Academic, Education, Research, School

In many interactions with people, be it in the workplace, coffee shop or at the daycare, the common question sometime during the exchange of ideas, concepts, general discourse, or daily pleasantries tends to be “what is the best way to get in contact with you?”. 20 years ago, that simple question would have been answered [...]

Shock! Awe! & Oh the Possibilities: iBooks Textbooks!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Deanna in Academic, Apple, Art, Books, Education, Music, Reading, Research

In the endeavour to find ways to incorporate technologically relevant educational tools into our teaching practices it is obvious that the iPad is the new go-to item for teachers and parents in 2012.  If you haven’t heard, the most recent launch of iBooks 2 now presents a revolutionary future for textbooks and teaching materials that [...]

Education: Are curriculum designers jumping on the iPad bandwagon?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Deanna in Education, Media Literacy, Tech/Gaming

Stepping into a modern day classroom, you will find that it is filled with a ubiquitous array of multimodal and digital resources, yet a majority of these revolutionary resources are likely not school issued, rather they were brought by the young people themselves.  Digital mediums for communication, expression and multimodally engaging in one’s own life, [...]

Touring San Francisco: More than just a rust coloured bridge! (French Cafes & Cable Cars)

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Deanna in Food, Restaurants, Travel

The streets of San Francisco are filled with tourists year round. From those that are shoppers, clubbers, outdoor afficionados or foodies, there is a diverse range in the types of people that come to the city. No matter where you come from though, there tends to be a few main things that new tourists always [...]