CreativeLive: Online business venture made over 7.5M in first year
Hi Everyone, Found this really innovative online education company relevant to our ETEC522 course as well as related to all our assignments and course work. The company is called CreativeLive, CEO Chase Jarvis spear-headed the company. He offers live FREE online Education to anyone interested in photography, design and business. All his educators provide online […]
Questions to ask before pursuing a Business
Questions to Ask Before you Pursue a Business Idea! Questions I thought to share since we have now launched our business ventures and reviewing them for the week. Question Elaboration on the question 1. Does your product or service work? If your product doesn’t solve a real problem and doesn’t provide measurable benefits, it’s not […]
Week 12 Review
Hi Group 12, Fantastic job work done on Wearables for the week. I especially loved your Powtoon introductory video, other videos and information on your OER (presented well given the scope of Wearable technology). Working collaboratively in the Google forum was another great way to have all of us interact together, I liked the ability […]
A3 Venture – PELR Practical English Language Resources (Edited)
Hi Everyone, Here is my venture called PELR otherwise known as Practical English Language Resources I originally posted on August 2, 2013 but had some trouble uploading my video pitch (conversion etc). Here is the edited version of my original post so that you now can view the video. Venture Pitch: Reflections on my […]
3D Printing resources or websites that are interesting
Hi Everyone, Group 11 you inspired me to look into more detail into the pervasiveness of 3D printing. Found some interesting technology related to 3D printing, more sites that you may like to explore in greater detail in relation to this technology. 1. MakerBot – do it yourself 3D printers that are slowly become more publicly […]
W011 Review
Hi Group 11, Thank you for your engaging and fun activities based upon 3D printing. I learned a great deal. I especially enjoyed experimenting with the different programs to create different shapes and commenting on other classmates creations in Flickr. I also enjoyed the discussions for both elementary and secondary students after learning about the […]
Bill S-4 causes unwarranted data sharing but privacy laws stifle businesses
Hello Everyone, I shared an article about Ann Cavoukian’s viewpoint on data privacy and analytics. I found another interesting one that states that “greater digital privacy laws will stifle business competition”. I found this interesting cause in the age of technology when our privacy and ethical concerns surrounding our data is so important, many advocate […]
Digital Privacy and Analytics Article
Hi Everyone, Along the same lines as Group 10’s work on Analytics, I came across an interesting article I thought I’d share from Canadian Business. It relates to data privacy and analytics as this was brought up as one of the numerous challenges broached when using any form of analytics. From the discussion within Group […]
W10 Review – Analytics
Hi Group 10, Great work! Your four activities and OER were engaging and informative. I ended up doing all your activities in one day and found it very easy to follow. I liked that you had quick, informative videos linked to each activity page to give some background information. The combination of the visuals, infographics […]
Smartphone Apps Infographic
Hi Everyone, Found this really interesting infographic on Smartphone Apps and their integration into education. Thought this was especially relevant since we are now moving into using IPads into the classroom, mobile apps for Game based learning and numerous other apps that can be used with an educational spin or relevance. With the growing number […]
Co-Lab and Interesting Collaborative Venture
An interesting business venture which I wanted to share with everyone. Co-Lab is a new business venture in the Philippines. As a new entrepreneur if you have a new big idea but need a collaborative business space to work in Co-Lab offers that capability. I think this is especially important and great for anyone starting […]
W09 Review
Hello Group 9, Great way to introduce social media to all of us. I especially enjoyed working through Edmodo and your assignments. This was a new experience for me, working in Edmodo. I can see the implications of its use and will try using it with my students this week. They are language learners and […]
W08 Review
Group 8, Fabulous job on your site and Cloud based computing in the Medical realm. Your weebly site was both aesthetically pleasing, easy to navigate and well organized. The introductory video with both visual and auditory instructions made it very easy to navigate and understand what was needed. I like that you provided some background […]
A1 Venture Analyst Report – PresenceLearning
Hello Everyone, I chose to analyze PresenceLearning, an online service that provides speech language therapy and occupational therapy to K12 students. It is predominantly used in the U.S. as this market has a greater demand at the moment for this type of service. As a high-school educator who has encountered many of my students who […]
NoRedInk
Company: NoRedInk Founder/CEO: Jeff Scheur Founder Biography: Jeff Scheur the Founder and CEO of NoRedInk was a high school English teacher for 8 years. He’s currently a teacher and Debate Team Advisor at Whitney Young Magnet High School in San Francisco. He realized after grading over 15,000 […]
Greetings fellow MET colleagues
Greetings everyone! I am relatively new to the MET program as I began last term but currently have a full course load will working full time. I’ve been a high-school teacher for many years in Science, French, Math, Biology and ESL and I love teaching them all but deem somewhat of a challenge prep wise. […]