Author: TechCommGeekMom

Danielle M. Villegas is a technical communicator who currently employed at Cox Automotive, Inc., and freelances as her own technical communications consultancy, Dair Communications. She has worked at the International Refugee Committee, MetLife, Novo Nordisk, BASF North America, Merck, and Deloitte, with a background in content strategy, web content management, social media, project management, e-learning, and client services. Danielle is best known in the technical communications world for her blog, TechCommGeekMom.com, which has continued to flourish since it was launched during her graduate studies at NJIT in 2012. She has presented webinars and seminars for Adobe, the Society for Technical Communication (STC), the IEEE ProComm, TCUK (ISTC) and at Drexel University’s eLearning Conference. She has written articles for the STC Intercom, STC Notebook, the Content Rules blog, and The Content Wrangler as well. She was very active in the STC, as a former chapter president for the STC-Philadelphia Metro Chapter, serving and chairing on several STC Board committees, and most recently was the STC Board Vice-President before the organization closed.. You can learn more about Danielle on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemvillegas, on Twitter @techcommgeekmom, or through her blog. All content is the owner's opinions, and does not reflect those of her employers past or present.
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What a Nice Gesture – Incorporating Multitouch And Gestures Into Your Mobile Learning Effectively | Float Mobile Learning

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Chad Udell shares the three factors that are holding the industry up in adopting true multitouch and gestural inputs in mobile learning.

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

I think I missed this the first time it was out. This is a great article by those forward thinkers at Float Mobile Learning. Chad Udell (who, yes, wrote the book–or one of the books out there–on mobile learning) makes some excellent points there. 

–techcommgeekmom

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MyFonts: Creative Characters interview with Matthew Carter, October 2013

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Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is a fascinating article behind the artist who created some of the most used and iconic fonts used today.  A must-read for anyone who is interested in user interface design, typography, or just thinks the use of different fonts is cool!

–techcommgeekmom

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iPad in Education: Great Kindergarten Case Study

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Talk about a great endorsement – they just don’t get any better than this. Just in case you can’t read the quite text on the image above, here it is: For the first time in 22 years of teaching, 100…

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is positive news for those who support iPads in the classroom or any mobile tablets in the classroom. It’s interesting to me to see such a positive impact! We need more iPads in the classroom! 

 

I know that my son has a Mac laptop at school, and uses my iPad at homework time sometimes. We need to continue to make this work, if there are positive results like this!

–techcommgeekmom

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Phonebloks

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Support Phonebloks! A phone worth keeping by Dave Hakkens

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

Scott Abel, AKA The Content Wrangler, shared this on his Facebook page today. It’s definitely an interesting concept, and it makes sense. I know that upgrading a phone can be expensive, but this concept has some merit. Just like a car that you keep for a long time, it would be easier and more affordable to replace or upgrade parts rather than entire devices. This would be more helpful for developing countries as well that are trying to get into the websphere via mobile device. Definitely a concept to be watching…

–techcommgeekmom

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Here’s Another Chance to Buy Google Glass | TIME.com

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All you need is a friend who owns a pair, plus $1,500.

Danielle M. Villegas‘s insight:

This is cool technology that is worth trying out if you have the money. I had a chance to check it out, and didn’t! Mea culpa. I think there are a lot of possibilities for these, especially in medicine, engineering, and education. If someone has a spare $1500 to spend on me, please feel free to buy me a pair! 🙂

–techcommgeekmom

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