Posts Tagged ‘ etec ’

In the extremely unlikely event that you or anyone you know might be looking for an educational technology textbook, I’m selling one. Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications is yours, all yours, for a steal: $10. Of course, I have almost zero eBay history, so you’d kinda have to trust me …
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Today I finished the last requirements for the current course in my master’s program: a 2-part, 4000-word paper. Phew! This semester has been a long, tough haul, with a lot of work for school, and a lot of work for work. I’m looking forward to breathing a bit this summer as I don’t have...
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I’m taking a research methodology course for my master’s program in educational technology. One of the requirements was to do a ethnographical study of some common setting. I chose the exchange counter at Future Shop, a major Canadian electronics retailer. Ethnography is challenging! I decided to go to Future Shop and observe the returns...
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For my current course in my master’s program, I’ve been looking a number of different theoretical perspectives from which educational research can be conducted. The prof asked us to come up with research questions from each. As I was doing so, I was thinking of web 2.0 technologies like those listed under the Virtual...
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In case you’re wondering what’s going on with this blog, I’m currently taking 2 courses for my Master of Educational Technology program at the University of British Columbia. Plus doing some home reno, plus I have 3 kids, plus my wife seems to feel that somehow I ought to spend some time with her...
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I’ve been slowly taking my MET graduate degree over the past few years. The course I’ll be taking next semester sounds like it’ll be the most interesting one to date: ETEC 522. ETEC 522 is an online immersion in the global eLearning marketplace with particular emphasis on the environmental dynamics, evolving business models and...
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The rumors had been around for some time: PowerSchool was on the auction block. Now it’s official. But why? Why did Apple sell PowerSchool? It appears that the division was not profitable enough for Apple, and there were always rumors of issues around the development of new versions of PowerSchool. But I think there...
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Friday nights, Friday nights. Friday nights are supposed to be for fun. For long dinners and late movies, and then a little nightcap before going to bed. Except for geeks. I’m only a mini-geek, so I only spent about 3 hours fiddling with technology. But this past week Friday I got my first course...
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