Devon Bobowski
A3 – Big Projects: Mobile and Decentralized Groups
Hello all, Please find my A3 creation here. Happy to discuss your thoughts on it here. Devon
A1: Electronically Assisted Astronomy
Astronomy has a variety of unique and somewhat contradictory aspects: awe inspiring visuals of real objects that are so different from anything we encounter on Earth that they appear abstract; subjects that are fascinating yet absurdly out of reach; a hobby that can be both aesthetically and emotionally impactful but also incredibly technical. Modern technology […]
OER – DIY Learning
Hello everyone, Sam and I are pleased to kick off the Movable Feast with our investigation into DIY learning. We’ve enjoyed the process of digging into the topic and putting everything together, and hope you enjoy it as well. Please follow the link below to the full experience. Our perspective is to give you things […]
phyphox – Phone Based Physics Experiments
From an engineering perspective, it’s really amazing how many sensors are built into modern phones: 3 axis gyroscopes, accelerometers, air pressure sensors, etc. Most are used for rather mundane tasks at best (like switching from vertical to horizontal orientation when rotating the phone). phyphox is an app that uses these sensors for science experiments. Some […]
Mobile Authentication
One of the offshoots of people constantly having mobile devices with them is the trend to using them for authentication. Many sites now are trending towards two factor authentication (including UBC), with phone calls, texts or other push notifications to mobile devices being used to verify a user. When I worked in finance, I eventually […]
Skritter – Chinese and Japanese Writing
One of my long-term projects is learning Mandarin. An element of the language that many people find intimidating is the writing system, in that is so different from many other languages. However, learning writing is one of the things I enjoy most: not only does it unlock many practical opportunities in communication, I find it […]
Hello From Devon
Hi everyone, I’m from southern Ontario. I’ve worked in education most of my career in a variety of contexts: as an English language teacher in Asia, adult education in financial services, and now I’m focused on middle/high school math and science. After five years at an international school in China, I’ve been taking a self-created […]