Minecraft: Education Edition
I am really interested in how Minecraft: Education Edition can be purposefully and effectively integrated into educational practices. Several years ago I was able to “scrounge up” enough iPads and laptops to try a single project with my class using it, and it was such a hit in terms of student engagement and display of […]
The Avatar Evolution
Someone introduced me to Bitmoji last year, and I was impressed with how realistic (and easy) the camera-scan function was. Bitmoji is a mobile application that allows you to create a personalized emoji. In education, it has become popular to create a Bitmoji Classroom, that can be used in a variety of ways. Over the […]
Capitalizing on Insecurity and Beauty Standard Demands: The Rise of Face and Body Editing Apps
The content on social media has taken such a drastic shift in its nature within the past decade. Instagram, for example, went from people posting pictures of their lunch layout, usually accompanied by a horrifically grainy filter that Instagram offers in-app, to millions of very carefully orchestrated images that portray the perfect person, with the […]
FrameVR: An immersive mobile 3D collaboration and creation space
In the last semester, I worked with a group to create a virtual field trip. While discussing the various tools we could use, one member of our team introduced us to FrameVR, which my other group members and I were unaware of. We successfully used FrameVR to develop our field trip. While we created the […]