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Past Episodes
34: None of the Above | The Hiatus Episode
34: None of the Above | The Hiatus Episode
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33: Vector v. Raster, with Sean Doran
33: Vector v. Raster, with Sean Doran

Ever hear the words "vector" and "raster," when talking about graphics, but wondered what that actually meant? In this quick episode, Sean goes over the technical differences between the two, when each image type should be used, and how to optimize them.

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32: The Web Design Equation, with Sean Doran
32: The Web Design Equation, with Sean Doran

Feeling overwhelmed with your web design project? Too many things to keep track of? Today Sean shares the system he uses to manage projects — keeping him focused on solving client projects instead of worrying about what he's missing.

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31: Flipped Classrooms, with Bryan M Brush
31: Flipped Classrooms, with Bryan M Brush

Bryan goes solo this episode and looks at a growing trend in instructional design known as the flipped classroom. He discusses not only its origins and advantages, but also its pitfalls. By the end of this brief episode you should be able to make sense of what exactly a flipped classroom is.

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30: Memories, with Sam Bantner
30: Memories, with Sam Bantner

Recorded in a car filled with mosquitos in Maine, Sam explains how externally storing our memories let's us remember more.

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29: Community, with Joe Darnell
29: Community, with Joe Darnell

We have Joe Darnell subbing in for Bryan this week to talk about community. We look at what a community is in both the on- and offline world, and how we can use algorithms to uncover these communities.

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28: Fitness
28: Fitness

We explore how physical fitness can help you become more mentally fit, why it's important to design your life around fitness for a healthy lifestyle, and digital solutions to tracking your activity.

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27: WWDC 2015
27: WWDC 2015

After an interesting keynote for WWDC 2015, Bryan, Sam and Sean talk pick the one thing that interested them the most, and go deep into Apple News, Swift 2.0, and Apple Music.

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26: Travel
26: Travel

This week we become your digital travel agents and discuss cosmopolitanism as a tool for education, the many, many, many design aspects of luggage, and the technologies we use on our journeys. Oh, and we talk about toothpaste too. So much toothpaste.

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25: Comedy, with 3G3Q
25: Comedy, with 3G3Q

We have a full house with fellow podcasters from 3G3Q on to talk about comedy. Bryan wonders if comedy and education can mix, Sean ponders the value of Vine and Twitter as comedic platforms, and Sam is right on time.

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24: Storytelling, with Laura Masters
24: Storytelling, with Laura Masters

This week we are joined by Laura Masters (@lauraemasters) for a conversation on storytelling. We look at how it can be used as a tool for learning and how technology is changing the way in which we tell our stories.

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23: Apple Watch
23: Apple Watch

Two out of the three of us talk about the Apple Watch set up, the steep learning curve for such a personalized device, and the new interactions that come with it. Then Sam talks about how developing for the Watch with only the simulator is a major hindrance.

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22: Ideas, Beers, and Broken Hearts
22: Ideas, Beers, and Broken Hearts
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21: Multimedia in Education
21: Multimedia in Education
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20: Context is King
20: Context is King
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019: Interior Design, with Hillary Hutchings
019: Interior Design, with Hillary Hutchings
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Bonus: Do You Trust Us?
Bonus: Do You Trust Us?
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018: Concerts, with Zack Cramp
018: Concerts, with Zack Cramp
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017: Maps, with Graham Welling
017: Maps, with Graham Welling
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016: Magazines, with Jacob Tender
016: Magazines, with Jacob Tender
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015: Games
015: Games
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014: Email
014: Email
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013: The Cloud
013: The Cloud
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012: Voice as UI, with Scott Ryan-Hart
012: Voice as UI, with Scott Ryan-Hart
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011: Personalities
011: Personalities
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010: Retrospective
010: Retrospective
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009: Writing, with John Saddington
009: Writing, with John Saddington
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008: eBooks, with Connor Mason
008: eBooks, with Connor Mason
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007: Messaging
007: Messaging
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006: Calendars
006: Calendars
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Episode 015: Games

Episode 015: Games

015: Games

March 10, 2015

In this episode:

We explore what it takes to make educational games enjoyable and beneficial, how the digital and physical worlds are colliding, and what role single player games have in a multi-player world.

Games
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Show Notes & Links

Intro

Benjamin Crowell

The Motion of Falling Objects

The Guardian

A–Z Modern Office Jargon

App Store

Overcast is our podcast player of choice


Bryan: Gamification in Learning (Starts at 2:48)

App Store

Candy Crush Saga

Wikipedia

Gamification

Wikipedia

Gamification of Learning

Wikipedia

Chex Quest

NeoGAF

Chex Quest port for Mac

App Store

DuoLingo

Wikipedia

Operation Neptune

App Store

Math Blaster

Instructional Design

The ADDIE Model


Sean: Connecting the Physical and Digital World (Starts at 11:37)

Geocaching

Join the anytime, anywhere real-world adventure.

Amazon

Anki DRIVE

YouTube

Apple WWDC 2013 Keynote — Anki DRIVE

Amazon

Golem Arcana

Amazon

Heroclix

Wikipedia

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater

iTunes

Goldfinger — Hang-Ups

Kingmakers

Board game parlour


Sam: Is a Single Player Game truly enjoyable? (Starts at 22:25)

YouTube

Rockwell — Somebody’s Watching Me

Citizen Four

The Edward Snowden Film

BoardGameGeek

The Top 100 European Games

Crave Online

10 Funny VHS Board Game Videos

Game Genie

Stuck in 2009

YouTube

Getting your Sega Dreamcast online — in 2015

Wikipedia

LAN Parties

Natures Secret Larder

Dogwood

BBC

South Korean man dies after a marathon game session

Gamespot

Titan fall is pretty much just a multiplayer game

Reddit

Stop looking at my screens

Twitch

Watching people play video games. Online.

Riot Games

League of Legends

PC Gamer

Scholarships for League of Legends players

Telltale Games

“They make visually beautiful games” — Sam Bantner

App Store

Monument Valley

App Store

Plants vs. Zombies

IGN

Monument Valley gets a boost from House of Cards

Appalachian Trail

Bryan and Sam will hike this.

App Store

Oregon Trail


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