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Mobile Time Management with Flipd (App)

Mobile Time Management with Flipd (App)

This post was encouraged in part by Maria Agop’s post about the app “Headspace for Kids”. Headspace is a great app, and as Maria mentions, mindfulness can be beneficial for really, anyone. As I was reading this post, I thought about the fact that one of the things that we encourage kids (and ourselves really) […]

D2L Brightspace Pulse App

D2L Brightspace Pulse App

The Pulse App is D2L’s mobile platform that maximizes productivity on the go while delivering a comprehensive learning experience on any device. The app allows students to stay connected and engaged with convenient, mobile learning. Students can view their class schedules, grades, and content with D2L Brightspace. They can access their full course content seamlessly […]

Our addiction to selfies and photographing things around us

Are you an avid photographer who enjoys capturing picturesque sunsets, natural moments, or events you witness on the street? Most people enjoy comments on the photos they share on social networking sites like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and others. Many of these images were either photoshopped or taken with filters. There is nothing wrong with posting […]

Digital Dependence: Are you a nomophobe?

Digital Dependence: Are you a nomophobe?

The constant connectivity and access to information provided by smartphones have led to a culture of constant availability and immediacy, where people feel the need to be constantly connected to the internet and their social networks. Nomophobia and Phonophobia are terms used to describe the fear of being without your mobile phone or the fear […]

W03: Who Can Be Trusted?

W03: Who Can Be Trusted?

W03: Who Can Be Trusted? Another very pleasant week of reading and thinking. I am very grateful for being here. I just wish I had three heads to be able to read everything! As it is, Social Narrative kept my attention, and I appreciated my colleagues’ consideration toward diversity of social media, its peculiarities, influence, […]

Cybersecurity – How much your phone knows about you?

Cybersecurity – How much your phone knows about you?

I believe most of you have worried at least once that your personal data has been collected by your phone. Yet, not many people know precisely or care much about what information their phones have about them. For example, have you ever noticed the ads appearing in different apps changing after you mentioned something in […]

Twitter Meltdown

Twitter Meltdown

https://www.statista.com/statistics/303681/twitter-users-worldwide/ Despite the number of high profile Twitter users who have said that they were going to quit after Elon Musk took over, Twitter ended 2022 with it’s highest numbers. While it is predicted to decrease in number of active monthly users, until the numbers actually come out, there is no way to say for […]