Posts from November 2015

Saturday - day off

Met up with André Borges, friend from Brasil who’s been working at Apple for the past 10 years, and went to his annual Pre-Thx-Thx 2015. Great food, great people, great beer :) At night went to Oma...

LDT Seminar - Week 8 - Class Notes

LDT Seminar - Week 8 - Class Notes

Who am I? Omair Hyder Jessie Renee Hopkins Call for research assistantship for ethnographical study :) Talk about managing your advisor relationship - manage up, structure relationship, plan ahe...

Tech 4 Learners - Week 8 - Assignment OMS Visit

Ran with it and recorded the cat’s voices, put it all together in a presentation. Also did an app version - see the video below. We went to OMS today to test this out with A… he loved it!! The Pro...

Qualitative Research - Week 8 - Class Notes

Qualitative Research - Week 8 - Class Notes

Intense class - amazing discussions about propositions, grounded theory and validity. What convinces you that a claim is ‘true’. At one point in the discussion I suggested to discuss the validity ...

Qualitative Research - Week 8 - Assignment RDR2

Assignment:  Research Description & Reflection (RDR) #2: The Interview Process Response:  “Tech Adoption” The Interview Process Interviewee: Anita Lin, iHub Manager with SVEF, Interview #1: Oct....

STRAMGT 330 Reception

STRAMGT 330 Reception

Went to the reception event for the “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Partnership for Growth” course I applied for - the GSB (Graduate School of Business) will accept you or not based on you...

Learning Environments - Week 8 - Class Notes

Learning Environments - Week 8 - Class Notes

We drew mind maps of all the learning theories we read in class - amazing peek into how other people think and organize their cognition. Here’s mine followed by Matej’s. 5Vvbc6I8FP9rfOyOCFL72Fprn...

Tech 4 Learners - Week 8 - Class Notes

Tech 4 Learners - Week 8 - Class Notes

As usual, a dynamic class. Looked at making learning easier. Lots of ideas about A’s project - we were able to schedule a meeting with OMS tomorrow so had to run with building the prototype. ...

PhD information session

PhD information session

Attended an informational session about what the process of applying to a PhD looks like. You have to find a professor who will be your research mentor. Usually you will not work at the institution yo...