Comments for JosephBustillos.com http://josephbustillos.com Musings on Education, Technology, Pop Culture, Religion & Staying Curious Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:18:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Apple Announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author and iTunes U (app). QuarkXpress & Schoology Pee Their Pants by Lewis C. Smith III http://josephbustillos.com/2012/01/23/apple-announces-ibooks-2-ibooks-author-and-itunes-u-app-quarkxpress-schoology-pee-their-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Lewis C. Smith III Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:18:15 +0000 http://josephbustillos.com/?p=7697#comment-1133 I think you nailed the quandary for a lot of school platform developers on this one, but I noticed that all of the big players are in on the game. Pearson and McGraw/Hill are the biggest of these and they will be blasting out of the gate with these new entries. Their production costs, delivery restrictions, and DRM are now farmed out to a very powerful and extensive ecosystem. I think you nailed the quandary for a lot of school platform developers on this one, but I noticed that all of the big players are in on the game. Pearson and McGraw/Hill are the biggest of these and they will be blasting out of the gate with these new entries.
Their production costs, delivery restrictions, and DRM are now farmed out to a very powerful and extensive ecosystem.

]]> Comment on Space Rocks: Launch of STS-133 Music Video by jbb http://josephbustillos.com/2011/07/03/space-rocks-launch-of-sts-133-music-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 jbb Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:41 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5271#comment-1036 I completely agree that the possibilities in the near future for space travel and space commerce expanding beyond something that only Super Powers can afford is huge. I guess fortunately for me I moved from Southern California to Central Florida just in time to watch in person the launch of the last nine Shuttle missions (or make the attempt for the many times many of them were scrubbed). I do wish that I could have seen the launch of one of the Saturn Vs back in the day. But the future holds such great promise. And it's awesome and amazing to have access to what's going on via so many ways (and not just NASA TV on TV). Thanks for what you do to keep us space geeks plugged in. I completely agree that the possibilities in the near future for space travel and space commerce expanding beyond something that only Super Powers can afford is huge. I guess fortunately for me I moved from Southern California to Central Florida just in time to watch in person the launch of the last nine Shuttle missions (or make the attempt for the many times many of them were scrubbed). I do wish that I could have seen the launch of one of the Saturn Vs back in the day. But the future holds such great promise. And it’s awesome and amazing to have access to what’s going on via so many ways (and not just NASA TV on TV). Thanks for what you do to keep us space geeks plugged in.

]]> Comment on Space Rocks: Launch of STS-133 Music Video by Benjamin Higginbotham http://josephbustillos.com/2011/07/03/space-rocks-launch-of-sts-133-music-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Benjamin Higginbotham Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:05:15 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5271#comment-1029 Just now saw this incoming link or I would have replied earlier. Glad that the Spacevidcast feed worked on your iOS device and you were able to watch on the go. The shuttle may have retired but there are still plenty of awesome things happening in space. We're on the cusp of something great, I just know it! Just now saw this incoming link or I would have replied earlier. Glad that the Spacevidcast feed worked on your iOS device and you were able to watch on the go. The shuttle may have retired but there are still plenty of awesome things happening in space. We’re on the cusp of something great, I just know it!

]]> Comment on Gotta Keep Reading – Ocoee Middle School video by Kayli http://josephbustillos.com/2010/02/02/gotta-keep-reading-ocoee-middle-school-video/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Kayli Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:01:07 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=3847#comment-738 Damn, I wish I could think of soemhintg smart like that! Damn, I wish I could think of soemhintg smart like that!

]]> Comment on How I Spent My Winter Break & Why Godaddy Isn’t My Blog Host by How I Survived a Month Without Blogging: Day One App | JosephBustillos.com http://josephbustillos.com/2012/01/04/how-i-spent-my-winter-break-why-godaddy-isnt-my-blog-host/comment-page-1/#comment-628 How I Survived a Month Without Blogging: Day One App | JosephBustillos.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:22:07 +0000 http://josephbustillos.com/?p=7582#comment-628 [...] before I dropped into a “no new blog post” hole that lasted over a month, which was also around the end of National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), I heard about Day One [...] [...] before I dropped into a “no new blog post” hole that lasted over a month, which was also around the end of National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO), I heard about Day One [...]

]]> Comment on Happy Holiday Tricia (2011 Version) by How I Spent My Winter Break & Why Godaddy Isn’t My Blog Host | JosephBustillos.com http://josephbustillos.com/happy-holiday-tricia-2011-version/comment-page-1/#comment-611 How I Spent My Winter Break & Why Godaddy Isn’t My Blog Host | JosephBustillos.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:01:46 +0000 http://josephbustillos.com/?page_id=7300#comment-611 [...] Woe, that was two weeks ago. Man, time flies… Christmas eve-eve I was busy working on Tricia’s video, using my blog-woes as a cover story. Alas, the blog woes was more than a convenient cover-story [...] [...] Woe, that was two weeks ago. Man, time flies… Christmas eve-eve I was busy working on Tricia’s video, using my blog-woes as a cover story. Alas, the blog woes was more than a convenient cover-story [...]

]]> Comment on What Are You Getting for Your College Education Dollars? by Mike Skocko http://josephbustillos.com/2011/11/04/what-are-you-getting-for-your-college-education-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Mike Skocko Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:19:43 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5665#comment-245 Getting a raise in public education requires one to hang around year after year and/or collect college credits. One's skill, passion, dedication, and/or effectiveness play no role. Right or wrong, that's how it works. When deciding where to go to collect credits, my wife and I weighed cost vs value and settled on Full Sail gambling (real money!) on getting more out of the bargain than credits. It wasn't perfect (what is?) but dang if it didn't impact my classroom during the year of madness it took to navigate the program while teaching full-time. This year the kids and I are working on gamifying the curriculum and other teachers are taking notice and a few are trying their own versions of the experiment. Sure, I could bitch and moan about all that I considered a waste of time but I find it more productive to focus on the other side of the coin. My paycheck's a little fatter (as am I) and the kids' experience is more rewarding (as is mine), all because we chose a for-profit university. Money well spent/invested. Thanks! Getting a raise in public education requires one to hang around year after year and/or collect college credits. One’s skill, passion, dedication, and/or effectiveness play no role. Right or wrong, that’s how it works.

When deciding where to go to collect credits, my wife and I weighed cost vs value and settled on Full Sail gambling (real money!) on getting more out of the bargain than credits.

It wasn’t perfect (what is?) but dang if it didn’t impact my classroom during the year of madness it took to navigate the program while teaching full-time. This year the kids and I are working on gamifying the curriculum and other teachers are taking notice and a few are trying their own versions of the experiment.

Sure, I could bitch and moan about all that I considered a waste of time but I find it more productive to focus on the other side of the coin. My paycheck’s a little fatter (as am I) and the kids’ experience is more rewarding (as is mine), all because we chose a for-profit university.

Money well spent/invested. Thanks!

]]> Comment on What Are You Getting for Your College Education Dollars? by Crudbasher http://josephbustillos.com/2011/11/04/what-are-you-getting-for-your-college-education-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Crudbasher Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:35:48 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5665#comment-244 Bravo Joe! I agree with you. (However) The economics of the situation are tending to trump everything else at the moment. I don't think it's a healthy situation nor do I think it will keep going on the way it is for too much longer. Too many forces are stressing our society right now. Many things are going to be disaggregated and reshaped into new forms. College might be one of them. Great post! Bravo Joe! I agree with you. (However) The economics of the situation are tending to trump everything else at the moment. I don’t think it’s a healthy situation nor do I think it will keep going on the way it is for too much longer. Too many forces are stressing our society right now. Many things are going to be disaggregated and reshaped into new forms. College might be one of them.

Great post!

]]> Comment on MacWorld Bound – Hurry Up and Wait by Steve Jobs… Gone Too Soon http://josephbustillos.com/2007/01/08/macworld-bound-hurry-up-and-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Steve Jobs… Gone Too Soon Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:16:40 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=26#comment-23 [...] MacWorld Bound – Hurry Up and Wait by Joe Bustillos, http://joebustillos.com/2007/01/08/macworld-bound-hurry-up-and-wait/ retrieved on [...] [...] MacWorld Bound – Hurry Up and Wait by Joe Bustillos, http://joebustillos.com/2007/01/08/macworld-bound-hurry-up-and-wait/ retrieved on [...]

]]> Comment on MacWorld 2007 Debrief by Steve Jobs… Gone Too Soon http://josephbustillos.com/2007/01/28/macworld-debrief/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Steve Jobs… Gone Too Soon Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:16:21 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=29#comment-25 [...] was lucky enough to have attended the 2007 Macworld keynote when Jobs unveiled the iPhone and one in 2000 when Jobs had just returned to Apple, became iCEO and [...] [...] was lucky enough to have attended the 2007 Macworld keynote when Jobs unveiled the iPhone and one in 2000 when Jobs had just returned to Apple, became iCEO and [...]

]]> Comment on Gotta Keep Reading – Ocoee Middle School video by joe.bustillos http://josephbustillos.com/2010/02/02/gotta-keep-reading-ocoee-middle-school-video/comment-page-1/#comment-214 joe.bustillos Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:12:13 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=3847#comment-214 The singer featured in the video was a former teacher from the Ocoee Middle School, where the video was taped. The kids in the video were students from Ocoee Middle School. :-) The singer featured in the video was a former teacher from the Ocoee Middle School, where the video was taped. The kids in the video were students from Ocoee Middle School. :-)

]]> Comment on Gotta Keep Reading – Ocoee Middle School video by Nicole http://josephbustillos.com/2010/02/02/gotta-keep-reading-ocoee-middle-school-video/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Nicole Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:49:54 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=3847#comment-213 who are the kids who sang the song who are the kids who sang the song

]]> Comment on The Case for iPad 2: Will My 80-Year-Old Mum Use It? by Eric http://josephbustillos.com/2011/03/03/the-case-for-ipad-2-will-my-80-year-old-mum-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Eric Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:46:37 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5101#comment-241 Hi, Thank you for all your work. It’s helped me a lot. ;) Hi, Thank you for all your work. It’s helped me a lot. ;)

]]> Comment on There are more of us out there than you think by Jim Groom http://josephbustillos.com/2011/06/10/there-are-more-of-us-out-there-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Jim Groom Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:51:34 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5223#comment-243 It is truly strange how so many things connect, and Karl was great and sung the praises of Full Sail up and down. Would love to see what you all are doing so that I can further build on #ds106---which is a blast. It is truly strange how so many things connect, and Karl was great and sung the praises of Full Sail up and down. Would love to see what you all are doing so that I can further build on #ds106—which is a blast.

]]> Comment on Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us by Pat Ort http://josephbustillos.com/2011/02/22/drive-the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Pat Ort Mon, 02 May 2011 00:55:20 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5069#comment-240 I loved this video and am sharing it with my friends. I will have to say, while I watched I was also thinking that is a very long whiteboard :-) I loved this video and am sharing it with my friends. I will have to say, while I watched I was also thinking that is a very long whiteboard :-)

]]> Comment on In Bad Faith, part 9: He Lives by Jeannine Berube http://josephbustillos.com/2010/04/04/in-bad-faith-part-9-he-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Jeannine Berube Sun, 01 May 2011 17:26:30 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=4337#comment-227 Hello Professor, I am a student in your April 2011 MAC class. As I was checking out your blog, I was surprised to see your section on faith. As I read it, and of your background, it seemed important to me that I write. Not now, but perhaps when graduation is complete, I would like very much to discuss with you this portion of your blog. I am a Christian, with a BA in Biblical Literature/Music Education (double major). I felt very strongly that God has a reason for me to attend Full Sail. As a bible student, musician/music teacher, and (hopefully) possessing soon a second masters from Full Sail, I would like to explore what options and opportunities God may allow in my life through this educational experience. I hope this would be acceptable to you as I could really use some guidance right now. Thank you for sharing your faith and providing the opportunity to share. Hello Professor,
I am a student in your April 2011 MAC class. As I was checking out your blog, I was surprised to see your section on faith. As I read it, and of your background, it seemed important to me that I write. Not now, but perhaps when graduation is complete, I would like very much to discuss with you this portion of your blog. I am a Christian, with a BA in Biblical Literature/Music Education (double major). I felt very strongly that God has a reason for me to attend Full Sail. As a bible student, musician/music teacher, and (hopefully) possessing soon a second masters from Full Sail, I would like to explore what options and opportunities God may allow in my life through this educational experience. I hope this would be acceptable to you as I could really use some guidance right now. Thank you for sharing your faith and providing the opportunity to share.

]]> Comment on Happy Holidays – emdt FullSail edition by kathyvalunas http://josephbustillos.com/2010/12/25/happy-holidays-emdt-fullsail-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-235 kathyvalunas Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:28:42 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=4911#comment-235 Joe- The 3 docs ???singing??? in the backseat was priceless! Loved getting to watch Dr Dan, Dr Reo and ??? was that Dr Deason? being their typical silly selves. I'm surprised you were able to drive. Who was the poor female in the front seat? She should get a medal for enduring the song making efforts of this up and coming trio :-) Thanks for sharing this other side of reality to the FSO crowd. One of your April 2011 brave new students. -Kathy Valunas Joe-
The 3 docs ???singing??? in the backseat was priceless! Loved getting to watch Dr Dan, Dr Reo and ??? was that Dr Deason? being their typical silly selves. I’m surprised you were able to drive. Who was the poor female in the front seat? She should get a medal for enduring the song making efforts of this up and coming trio :-)

Thanks for sharing this other side of reality to the FSO crowd.

One of your April 2011 brave new students.

-Kathy Valunas

]]> Comment on The Battle for Wisconsin: $$$ vs. Education/Unions by Renee Hanson http://josephbustillos.com/2011/03/03/the-battle-for-wisconsin-vs-educationunions/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Renee Hanson Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:49:45 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=5122#comment-242 Hi Joe~ Thanks so much for putting the news in Wisconsin on your blog. I have been to the demonstrations and they have been non-violent and peaceful. One of the bad videos out there is from Fox News - if you look closely they are showing a mob with palm trees in the background and no snow. I don't recall ever seeing palm trees in Wisconsin!! Matt's videos have been amazing! Thanks for sharing!! Hi Joe~
Thanks so much for putting the news in Wisconsin on your blog. I have been to the demonstrations and they have been non-violent and peaceful. One of the bad videos out there is from Fox News – if you look closely they are showing a mob with palm trees in the background and no snow. I don’t recall ever seeing palm trees in Wisconsin!!

Matt’s videos have been amazing!

Thanks for sharing!!

]]> Comment on Beware of Joe & His Camera by Tina http://josephbustillos.com/2011/02/18/beware-of-joe-his-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Tina Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:53:11 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=4992#comment-239 You take wonderful photos, don't let anything discourage you from practicing and sharing your art:-) You take wonderful photos, don’t let anything discourage you from practicing and sharing your art:-)

]]> Comment on Beware of Joe & His Camera by Bob http://josephbustillos.com/2011/02/18/beware-of-joe-his-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Bob Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:23:29 +0000 http://joebustillos.com/?p=4992#comment-238 Keep sharing your art! Also a close-up of the guitar in the background would be cool. I can't quite make out what it is and I"m intrigued. Keep sharing your art! Also a close-up of the guitar in the background would be cool. I can’t quite make out what it is and I”m intrigued.

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