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Viewpoint: Take a break from technology

March 24, 2012

Almost everywhere you look on Weber State University’s campus, you can see the ways technology has impacted students' lives, whether it’s students taking notes in class on a laptop or watching videos...

Video conferencing growing at WSU

March 22, 2012

[media-credit name="Tyler Brown" align="alignright" width="300"][/media-credit]With the growth of Skype reaching milestones, Weber State University is increasing its use of video-conference technology. In...

Faculty studies effects of iPads in class

March 8, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8idXcBDdU Weber State University provided iPads free of charge to students this semester as part of an experimental case study.  The ongoing research, presented at WSU’s...

Cutting the cord

February 2, 2012

William Powers, a former journalist at the Washington Post and author of the bestseller Hamlet's Blackberry, gave a presentation on Thursday at Weber State University about how humans have always tried...

Blind to barriers

January 10, 2012

Bryan Butterfield J.R. Westmoreland can navigate an iPad and do computer programming with his eyes closed. Add to that list spelunking, rock climbing, skiing and DJ-ing an internet radio show, just for...

Ancient calculator charts planets

September 21, 2011

What do a 2,000-year-old Greek mechanical device called Antikythera and today's computers have in common? David Ferro, dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State University, said...

Introductory class teaches student to love music

September 7, 2011

Medieval music and instruments like the 'shawm' may not be things students at Weber State University are familiar with, but after taking a course like Music 1010, an introductory art class, they just...

Gamer improvement

July 18, 2011

Many people, when confronted with video games and those who play them, immediately think, "Oh, that's just a waste of time. Why would you kill so much valuable time staring at a screen?" What you might...

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