I just finished reading Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, a story of an alternate Earth called Arbre with a culture divided between monk-like scientists and an evangelical populace obsessed with mobile über devices called “jeejahs.” Having completed this 890 page book, a recent New York Times article, “Becoming Screen Literate,” seemed extremely intriguing. Seeing as I, a [...]
Entries from November 2008
The Culture of Screens
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Classroom · Emerging Technologies
Elections Coverage in Beck
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
By now, you all know the outcome of last week’s very important Presidential Election. But have you seen the excitement that we witnessed in Beck Instructional Lab? Political discussion, nail-biting suspense and delicious snacks were on the agenda, so let’s see how the evening went:
Republicans, Democrats and everyone in between chatted about the coverage [...]
Tags: Campus Events
Today in Beck
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Beck Instructional Lab will be busy this afternoon and into this evening! We have the first day of a two day InDesign training series and we will be playing host to the community for Election 2008 returns coverage.
InDesign Workshop
Join us as we learn the basics of using Adobe InDesign for page layout by designing our [...]
Tags: Campus Events · Classroom · Ed Tech · Hardware & Software · Training