Created in collaboration with Aditya Deepak, Tallia Simovitz, Ananda Yudhistira, Rujuta Juneja, and Emma Neilsen. Geo Inc. Presents Caching Cities – Discover Cities, Cach Clues, and Earn Rewards A cache is a temporary storage area. For example, the files you automatically request by looking at a Web page are stored on your hard disk in…
Kpop…Gamified!
Ok, I know what you’re thinking! “Kpop?! Really?! You had to go there?!” In a word, YES! Since I started to learn more about gamification I started to see more gamified apps, and really took an interest in some of the more…obscure examples of gamification. Hence…Kpop! And before I go on…yes, Kpop is more than…
The Personality Dilemma –Motivating Introverts and Extroverts through Gamification
I know I’ve said this before (broken record, I know!), I’m an introvert. I’ve wondered for some time how this personality trait affects my motivation in gamified apps. I talked a little about my own experience with Duolingo in particular in my latest podcast, but I’d like to expand a little on what I talked…
The Disability Digital Divide hits Hearing and Vision impaired users HARD!
Do you ever think about how Digital Media users with Hearing or Vision (or both) impairments access their devices? No? I’ll be honest, before making this video neither did I…and isn’t that shameful! I’ve grown up around children with various impairments as a result of my mother being a Special Education Teacher, and there have…
Your Devices are listening to you!
No, really! Your devices ARE listening to you! Or at least that’s what I discovered through the production of my second video. In case you weren’t aware, this video is a parody and is completely tongue-in-cheek. Surveillance is a pretty heavy topic to go into, especially in a time when we are so connected to…
To Vlog or not to Vlog…as if that’s even a question!
Who knew making an introductory video could be so stressful and anxiety inducing?! Okay, so I did know it would be, but I was floored by just how much time it would take me to get out what I wanted to say. I’ll be completely honest here, I wanted to do so much more with…
Class Dojo: Dream Come True or Potential Nightmare?
If you’re anything like me, and by that I mean older than probably 20, then I’m sure you remember a time when classrooms didn’t have iPads, Interactive Whiteboards, and you were pretty lucky if there was any computer at all in the classroom. Now, I was lucky. I grew up with a computer at home…
Leaving the Digital World: Why I Left Social Media
Quick question; do you know anyone that regularly or semi-regularly states out of the blue on their social media that they’re ‘taking a break’ or ‘detoxing’ from their various social media platforms? Yes? No? Well, if you’re reading this, you do now! I’ve been on social media on a variety of platforms since around 2006,…
Digital Em 