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This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. In Derek Sivers’ book Hell Yeah or No he writes “Obvious to you. Amazing to others.” When it’s time to share our talents, we hesitate. If we know it, doesn’t everyone else? Why would someone…
On a larger scale, this love affair with data—what Berkeley geography graduate students Camilla Hawthorne and Brittany Meché termed “fetishized numeration” in their Space & Society article—is visible in corporate, academic, and policy circles. At UC Berkeley, Chancellor Dirks wrote in March that “Across all of higher education, faculty and administrators are increasingly recognizing the…
Running Windows on a Chromebook with Paperspace. Quick summary Using Paperspace.com I can run a full version of Windows remotely. It does cost, and it does require a fast connection. The downsides are outweighed by the convenience of filling in some of the uses that are still difficult or impossible to do on a Chromebook…
This is part 8 of 13 Gmail hacks for teachers. Desktop notifications When you open up Gmail for the very first time, Gmail will ask you if you want desktop notifications. Once enabled, you will receive notifications for new email. But what if you blocked or closed the permissions pop up? There is a way…
I want children to read literature that is conducive to their age and leave those mystical and frightening texts for when they can discern reality, and when they have first learned to love beauty. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, and Terry Pratchett, to mention only a few of…
Think about our planet for a second. Earth has an elliptical — oval-shaped — orbit. That means we’re closer to the sun for one part of the year and farther away another part of the year. Does that fact explain why it’s hotter in the summer and colder in the winter? Lots of kids think…