This week’s assignment was to create a Pecha Kucha. It’s an onomatopoeic Japanese word that means chatter. Two architects living in Japan created it as a means to quickly share design ideas. A Pecha Kucha consists of 20 slides that are visible for 20 seconds each. I chose to do my Pecha Kucha on mental health for middle school students.…
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My Alt, My Avatar
I watched, ‘Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, and New Worlds’ with Dr. Jeremy Bailenson. Dr. Bailenson studies avatars from a psychological perspective and as I considered my students in context of what he said my thoughts were largely on the psychological effects of their using avatars. Dr. Bailenson described the ways that avatars alter the decisions people make. He talked…