Day Two

Day Two

            Today, Dr. Swezey presented his extraordinarily helpful overview of the doctoral journey, and Liberty University provided all intensive students with a catered luncheon. At the luncheon, a high ranking administrative official explained some of the attractions on campus such as the Equestrian Center and the new Center for Music and the Worship Arts as well as the second place award for Liberty University’s Cyber Defense Club in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition at Johns Hopkins University.

            We also learned about useful apps for iPods such as Kahoot, a game-based digital response platform, and Nearpod, a push (rather than pull) interactive publishing system, which allows teachers to control the web content accessed by students. My group members likewise explained their use of Quick Response (QR) codes. Students are able to scan codes so as to upload them to servers and check answers in gallery walks for math practice problems: https://youtu.be/g_3dvdrZ2_o

            The class also discussed pervasive surveillance technology including RFID tags in tires and software programs such as Euclid which allow retailers to virtually shadow you as your cellphone searches for wireless service. Finally, we discussed the Oppo N3 Swivel Camera which automatically tracks motion. This final discussion reminded me of the large piano in FAO Schwarz in New York: https://youtu.be/wMNb8ilB1xA