#byod

Looking for 2 new players for the group. We run long hours and have fun. Must be 18+, Fur Friendly, No Kink Shaming, Friendly (don't be a dick), Able to roll with the punches as a game plays, Team Player. Current group is chaotic, the DM is chaotic and doesn't hold back with descriptions or consequences and the game can be NSFW and graphic at times if/when it calls for it.

Game info: D&D 3.5e

Runs every Saturday noon to midnight

Uses discord for voice

Roll20 for gameboard

Myth-weavers for character sheets

The game will be set in a Victorian era with low magic (with dinosaurs). You wake up with no memory of your past and a foreboding feeling of what may be coming, and a guilt of what you may have done.

You'll be attempting to avoid the plot without knowing your past. Derail things, start a store, spend 5 hours helping an elderly man pick potatoes, but beware of the quest giver over at the inn. You will not know you class or abilities starting out. As you hit milestones you will level up and uncover more info on your abilities and class.

Summary - Avoid the plot, Amnesia, set in Victorian era low magic setting (with dinosaurs), Theme of Redemption

Varients - individual milestone and Cliche Variant to invoke cliches

DM will need character arch type (ie mage, caster, niche melee type) for the general character DM'll be making you so that DM can ensure you are playing something you'll like. You will not know your name at the start, other players will get randomly get assigned to pick races and names for other players. This will be uncovered as time goes on you start knowing not much more than you do now.

Message me if interested

Disclaimer:

“Just wired a little differently” club

Probleme mit dem 8. Gebot

Eine Lehrerin erzählt mir: “Ich sitze gerade an den Zeugnissen, aber das klappt alles nicht richtig. Wir haben ein neues Zeugnisprogramm, das soll jetzt über EduPort laufen, wo wir jetzt die Noten eingeben sollen, aber das ist furchtbar. Es läuft nicht stabil, stürzt ständig ab. All so was.”

Ich frage nach: “Über EduPort? Heißt das, das läuft jetzt im Browser und du brauchst keine eigene Software für die Zeugnisse mehr zu installieren?” – “Ja, und das ist auch eigentlich ganz gut! Denn die Zeugnissoftware durften wir nie auf unseren privaten Computern installieren. Das heißt, noch für die letzten Zeugnisse vor den Sommerferien war das so, dass die Zeugnissoftware nur auf den zwei Computern im Lehrerzimmer installiert war. Also mussten alle knapp hundert Lehrer an unserer Schule bei der Sekretärin einen Termin für einen der beiden Computer im Lehrerzimmer buchen, um die Noten für die Klasse in die Zeugnissoftware eintragen zu können. Jetzt sollen wir das also zu Hause tun können, mit EduPort. Aber das läuft halt nicht, meine Kollegin ist schon ganz verzweifelt.”

“NOT ONLY DO I HAVE TO SAVE ALL MY SPELL SLOTS FOR STUPID HEALING CAUSE STUPID PEOPLE GET HURT BUT I HAVE TO SAVE ALL THIS MONEY TO BUY DIAMONDS??”

To BYOD or not to BYOD?

The convenience and rapidly advancing capabilities of mobile devices has been a boon to the BYOD movement.  Many schools, universities and institutions have happily followed suit, eschewing large investments in technology and encouraging BYOD connection.  However, like many solution, BYOD can bring it’s own sets of problems or challenges.

The major challenges brought up in our discussion were about the potential for distraction and loss of focus on learning content.  Hopefully, well-designed tasks and carefully selected content could help mitigate this to some extent.  In the resource entitled, Five Ways to Make BYOD Work in the Classroom, by K-12 Blueprint one of the suggestions is creating a “culture of curiosity in the classroom”.  I particularly like how this idea moves us away from a teacher-centered classroom and to a more distributed form of learning.  Rather than be overly restricted, we should encourage exploration and deeper examination.  We have all had experience in classrooms with students who just whiz through their work and fall prey to the dangers of boredom or distraction.  If we foster a culture of curiosity in our classrooms, perhaps we can channel their energies into self-directed inquiries.

Yet another BYOD idea from the K-12 Blueprint resource is how BYOD can extend learning beyond the classroom.  Taking advantages of the affordances of mobile devices students can capture ideas and inspiration outside of the classroom.  

Looking at the potential challenges of BYOD, the NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition mentions the possible issues brought by the Bring Your Own Access (BYOA) trend.  BYOA can inhibit network performance and increase its vulnerability to threats.  Thusly many institutions are putting policies in place to prohibit or limit BYOA.

An additional concern that surfaced was the digital divide and the fact that not all students may have adequate access to devices, one possible solution would be having a set of devices to loan students.  On a more positive note, the ease, fluency with, and attachment to devices may make BYOD a more comfortable options for many learners.  

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada, V., Freeman, A., and Hall, C. (2016). NMC Horizon Report: 2016 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Retrieved from http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2016-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN.pdf