Gearing up for a full day…reminiscing old blog post…
https://dougpete.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/football-exploring/
Day: February 5, 2012
Commercials
Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re watching the pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-game football show. Chris Berman is a marathon anchor! Many of us watch it for the football. Yet, there are some that watch it for commercials.
The Super Bowl is the place for advertisers to spend the most for commercials and so they want to make them good. Not only are they good, but they are incredible original and innovative. The Google Commercial was amazing and actually turned into a product that anyone can create their own Google Search Story. It’s a terrific and easy way to create your own movie. It’s been a favourite activity in workshops and classrooms ever since.
The commercials themselves are used in classrooms starting the Monday after Super Bowl Sunday. Crafty teachers will use it as part of media literacy lessons. My favourite place to watch the commercials is now located here. Not only can you see the 2012 commercials but you can turn back time and relive your favourite commercials from years gone by. After all, who can forget the Apple commercial from 1984 or the Bud Bowl.
Of course, Canadians who rely on cable or satellite are commercially challenged. The American broadcast are replaced by the Canadian broadcast. So, if you turn on NBC, you’ll actually get the CTV broadcast. But, don’t fear. This year instead of just the regular run of the mill commercials, there’s a special Budweiser Flash mob commercial – just for Canadian television. (or Americans who can find it on the internet or this blog.
I suppose the nice thing about the commercials when all is said and done, is that there’s a little something for everyone. Even if you don’t like football, you can always watch the commercials.
And, for the game – Giants 31, Patriots 21.
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OTR Links 02/05/2012
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iPads in High School | Scoop.it
iPads in High School
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The iPad’s Split Keyboard Has a Few Hidden Buttons that Make Typing Easier
You’ve no doubt seen the split keyboard that iOS 5 brought to the iPad, but it turns out it has a few hidden buttons on the edges. Here’s how they work.
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Twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, study finds | Science | The Guardian
People are more likely to give in to urge to tweet or check email than other cravings, say US researchers
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The Must-Have Guide To Helping Technophobic Teachers | Edudemic
The blogosphere and the mainstream media is filled with success stories of technology’s successful adoption in education. However, many educators complain that when they try to introduce technological innovation on their campuses, they face obstacles.
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Too Young to Fail – Technology Review
17-year-old Laura Deming doesn’t drive and can’t vote. Is now her chance to change the world?
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On Digital Learning Day, 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology | MindShift
Today is Digital Learning Day, a national promotional effort by the Alliance for Excellence in Education to call attention to using technology in schools.
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In Some Cash-Strapped Schools, Kids Bring Their Own Tech Devices | MindShift
At Mankato Public School System in Minnesota, students bring their homework, their lunches, and books to school like most students across the country. But they also bring whatever tech devices they own — and they don’t have to hide it or turn it off when they walk into class.
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Want to Print Facebook? Better Get 11.5 Billion Sheets of Paper [INFOGRAPHIC]
Printing a year’s worth of Facebook statuses would be equivalent to printing more than 500 million Oxford English Dictionaries, a new survey found.
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How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]
Schools are on a short list of organizations that have been notoriously slow to adopt emerging tech. But within the last few years, as social media becomes more integral to students’ lives, educational institutions are finally catching on, and catching up.
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languages and computers
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Tablet Design Before & After the iPad | Elifesoft – Android vs iOS
As if there was any doubt that Apple is the innovator here, here’s an amusing graphic showing the design of tablets before and after the launch of the iPad.
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Web 2.0 and TPACK: Meeting Learners in their World by Traci Bellas on Prezi
Web 2.0 and TPACK: Meeting Learners in their World
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