Did You Know? Windows 10 PCs Have “Game Mode” on by Default
All Windows 10 PCs have “Game Mode” enabled by default. Microsoft once touted this feature, but it’s now faded into the background. Bizarrely, some people report...
Facebook Warns Employees Not to Wear Company Gear In Public After Banning Trump
Facebook’s internal security team has warned employees not to wear or carry any Facebook-branded gear in public, according to a new report from tech news site...
What’s ahead for Open Source in 2021 and beyond
For some reason, the tradition amongst most technology pundits is to spend the waning weeks and days of the past year making prognostications about what’s to...
Two House Democrats Test Positive For Covid-19 After Coup Attempt at Capitol
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, has tested positive for covid-19 after being forced to shelter in a secure location at the U.S. Capitol during...
Political Philosophy and Media Literacy Cornerstones
Propaganda and disinformation can have real, destructive effects in society and government. That is one of many lessons we can draw from the past week in...
Podcast475: Lessons Learned Teaching During the Pandemic
Welcome to the first episode of Moving at the Speed of Creativity for 2021, now starting its 16th year as an educational podcast! This podcast episode...
The Story of our Family Recipe Sharing WordPress Website
Family recipes are important. Being able to cook a much-loved family recipe can bring back a flood of good memories, but is also practically important for...
Amazing #STEM Animated Visual Notes by Dominic Walliman
I agree and resonate with many of the things Jaron Lanier shares in the Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” but I disagree with his advice on...
Discussing “IRL Online” with the #digiURI Media Club
Monday this week I had the opportunity to facilitate a monthly meeting of our Media Literacy Club (technically the “#digiURI Media Club”) for a discussion about...
Designing And Narrating a Dream House Tour in Spanish
This semester, for a variety of reasons, I’m having the opportunity to teach two classes of introductory 5th grade Spanish in addition to our 5th and...
