I recently was asked to look into how many Canadian Universities operated makerspaces that were open to all students on their campuses. Almost all universities have at least one makerspace on campus, but they are often only available to engineering…
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3D Printing Workshop
I taught the first “Introduction to 3D Printing” workshop held in the UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) on April 6th. All of the 14 library staff who participated learned how to prepare 3D models from the Thingiverse.com website, and…
Tagged with: 3D Printing, ActiveLearning, EdTech, education, MakerSpace, OpenSource
Posted in education, MakerSpace
Posted in education, MakerSpace
Interactive Stories with TWINE
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to publish an interactive story, where the reader is able to make decisions that affect the direction or outcome of the story, then Twine might be the tool for you. Twine’s…
Tagged with: education, History, OpenSource, Pedagogy
Posted in education, Open Source, Uncategorized
Posted in education, Open Source, Uncategorized
Smartphones & Tablets: Educational Distractions or Bicycles for Our Minds?
The short answer is YES! Yes, smartphones and tablets can be wonderful learning tools, or bicycles for our minds if used properly, and Yes, they can be a huge distraction if unskilfully used. A recent study describes how disruptive smartphone…
Tagged with: education, Pedagogy, Smart Phones, software, Technology
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
Weather Station / Goat Camera up and running!
Over the holiday I setup a Bloomsky Sky2 weather station that I found under our Christmas tree. I decided that it would not only provide us with remotely accessible weather information about our home, but could also be the “Saanich Goat Cam.” My…
Conserving Energy One Home at a Time
Had a great discussion about conserving energy at home with the Victoria Computer Club. Great group, and lots of good questions and discussion. Here are my slides from my presentation: Conserving Energy One Home at a Time from Rich McCue…
Rich’s Way-Back Machine: My First 5 Computers
I’ve seen a few people recently posting on Facebook about their first 7 jobs. Being a techie for as long as I can remember, I thought that listing my first 7 computers would be more appropriate… then I couldn’t remember…
