Elementary classroom STEM challenges
Twenty eight ideas for STEM activities in the elementary classroom.
StoryBots Classroom is FREE for Teachers
Videos, games and other activities for the PreK – 1 classroom.
Introducing GSuite for Education Sites
Google has modernized several features in the new GSuite Sites.
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American schools are teaching our kids how to code all wrong — Quartz Coding in schools isn’t about becoming computer science majors. Google Spaces is a new way to collaborate and share resources Kind of a neat competitor to Slack. My quick review of the Asus Flip Chromebook TL;DR, I like it.
Add your favorite sites or search engines directly to the Google Chrome address bar. You may have used some of the keywords to automatically search specific sites in the address bar. Google sets up several keywords by default. For example, if you type youtube.com into the address bar, Chrome let’s you know that you can…
Scratch is a great introduction to programming. By using code blocks, students and staff can quickly assemble a working program. But, the limitations of Scratch become more and more apparent as you try to create more sophisticated programs. That’s where Pico-8 from Lexaloffle comes in. Pico-8 – the programmable virtual game console The Pico-8 is a…
After my post about using bookmarks and the bookmarks toolbar, Alving Trusty reminded me about protopage.com. Protopage lets you easily create a web page with links, RSS feeds, and other widgets for quick access. You can have your personal page of links that only you can see, but you can also set up other…
In learning, there may be no greater tool for students than hands-on experience. Consider a classroom of first-graders who were lead in an endeavor to raise trout eggs while understanding environmental impacts. Or a high-school biology teacher who had her students create a project on any system in the human body, with results that included everything…