Erik Ofgang

Danbury

Contributor @techlearning, @forbes, bylines in @NYTimes, @Slate, @Smithsonianmag @Connecticutmag co-author The Good Vices, instructor @WCSUWritingMFA & @Post

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Using Technology To Teach CTE To Incarcerated Students

3 days ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

Building CTE skills are often requires hands-on experiences. It takes practice to learn a skill such as welding or woodworking, which can make learning a challenge for any student, particularly those who are incarcerated and trying to develop marketable skills while in prison. However, technology can help, say Michelle Beasley, coordinator of curriculum, instruction, and programs, and Amy Lloyd, assistant principal, at the Placer School for Adults in California, which offers education for inmates.
4 Reasons To Use Claude AI to Teach

3 days ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

Claude AI offers several specific advantages over some other AI chatbots, or so I’ve recently learned. I’ve been aware of Claude AI for a while now, but only recently sat down to test the AI’s latest free model Claude 3.7 Sonnet. This let me see how it stacks up against other AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok.
The World’s Best Pilsner—According To The World Beer Cup | Flipboard

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Erik Ofgang

NowAre you having trouble keeping up with all the new establishments popping up? Here are some noteworthy restaurants opening around Miami this May. A nationally recognized Miami taco shop opens in Hallandale Chef Nuno Grullon opened his taco shop, Uptown 66, during the height of the pandemic. Despite …
The World’s Best Pilsner-According To The World Beer Cup

1 week ago | forbes.com | Erik Ofgang

A pilsner brewed by a Minneapolis brewery took home the top German-style pilsner or “pilsener” award at the World Beer Cup last week in Indianapolis. The gold medal beer is called Haha Pils and is brewed by Arbeiter Brewing Co. in Minneapolis. Not only did the beer beat out 185 other German-style pilsners submitted by breweries across the globe, but this is the second major award the brewery has won for the beer in the last seven months.
Quantum Computing In Education: 5 Things To Know

1 week ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

Quantum computers have been making waves in the tech industry for a while now, but in recent months the interest in these next-generation devices has intensified. In December 2024 Google announced its quantum computer chip Willow performed a computation in a few minutes that would have taken a classical computer more years than the age of the universe. Microsoft claims it invented a new state of matter for its quantum computers, and IBM has started offering quantum cloud computing services.
Using 3D Printing and Student Input to Aid Accessibility

1 week ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

When Laurie Dale started her role as Senior Leader of Assistive Technology Solutions at Ability Beyond, she knew she had to get creative when it came to providing technological assistance to young adults with disabilities. “It was me, myself, and I,” Dale says. “So I looked around and thought, 'Well, who am I going to trust to help me with this project?' And the only people I really trust, as far as their opinions go, are the people using the technology for themselves.
Cross-Age Tutoring: Student Tutors Teach Others And Themselves

1 week ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

Cross-age tutoring is a method of tutoring in which older students help younger students learn. A recent meta-analysis of various types of cross-age tutoring interventions saw a positive impact for both those who received tutoring and the tutors themselves. In fact, the tutors actually saw slightly more improvement in their reading skills. The study,Examining the Academic Effects of Cross-age Tutoring: A Meta-analysis, was published in Educational Psychology Review in March.
Located in a former psychiatric facility, CT’s NewSylum Brewing Co. is a pandemic success story

2 weeks ago | middletownpress.com | Erik Ofgang

It was not the grand opening anyone envisioned. NewSylum Brewing Co. owners Mark Lennon, David Kingsley and Mark Tambascio had been planning their brewery for several years as a taproom-centered operation. One that took full advantage of their unique location in Newtown within a historic building at what was formerly Fairfield Hills Hospital, a psychiatric facility on a 100-plus-acre campus with more than a dozen buildings. Article continues below this adThen the coronavirus hit.
Taco Dia serves up tacos with a tortilla press from central Mexico

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Erik Ofgang

Like most people, I love tacos. But too often tacos arrive in tortillas that are cold, flavorless and are made with flour that makes them taste more like a veggie wrap. I recently had a few of these types of tacos and find myself in a depressing taco slump - and I'm serious, eating bad tacos or bad food in general makes me depressed. That was cured by a trip to Taco Dia a restaurant which opened in Newtown last year, and I'm very happy to say lives up to its name.
How To Get A Teaching Job: Cutting Through Digital Clutter By Telling Your Story

3 weeks ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

For a while, I struggled to find the type of consistent work I was looking for as an adjunct professor. I also work as a freelance journalist, and in that field I did better but still felt like I was not getting as strong a response from editors when I cold-pitched them ideas. As I continued my job search, I began to wonder if there was something wrong with my application materials. Did my cover letter violate the basic rules of grammar in a way I’d missed?