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Become more creative by playing Minecraft

Byryan August 10, 2019August 10, 2019

Minecraft is one of the most popular computer games, having sold more than 100 million copies since its release in 2011. Claims that it boosts creativity have been circulating for several years, and now there’s a bit of scientific evidence to back up that claim, according to the results of a new study published in Creativity Research Journal.

Source: Want to be more creative? Playing Minecraft can help, new study finds | Ars Technica

Is there anything Minecraft can’t do? And, don’t forget, students can collaborate in an older version using nothing but a browser.

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Learn history with Mission US

Byryan September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

Source: Home – MissionUS For students, MissionUS is an opportunity to live a bit of US history, while teachers will have access to a wide range of support materials for each mission. The site asks you to read through the materials and do the mission before assigning the site as work. The site does require…

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Here’s a very fun typing game

Byryan July 18, 2016July 18, 2016

ZType is a pretty addictive typing game. Once started, a series of invaders with words attached come down from the top of the screen, and when you type the word, your ship at the bottom works on destroying the invader, one letter at a time. The game also has an iPad/iPhone version that plays the…

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Tech companies are too focused on profit and its hurting creativity

Byryan November 11, 2017November 15, 2017

A technology genius always has two basic options. For example, he can dedicate his work to creating a medical breakthrough that will save thousands of lives—or he can develop an app that will let people amuse themselves. In most cases, the technology genius will be pushed to focus on the product that has the potential…

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Try to locate yourself in the world with GeoGuessr

Byryan June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

GeoGuessr is an online geography game that places you somewhere in the world and you then have to figure out where you are. Here’s where it put me on my first try:

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My OETC20 Presentations and Talks

Byryan February 11, 2020February 7, 2020

First up is Rock Google Slides like the Boss you Are. It’s all about off-label uses of Google Slides. My FREdTalk is all about asking questions. You can look through the slides on my presentations page, but they’re not going to make sense on their own. I guess you’ll have to come to my talk….

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Want an easy way to join in Twitter chats? Check out Participate Learning’s Chat for Twitter

Byryan January 27, 2016January 27, 2016

Twitter chats can get very confusing, especially the ordering of messages. I always though Twitter chats were tedious to read since the newest chats were always at the top, so to read, you start at the bottom tweet, read left to right and down, and then have to jump up to the next tweet and…

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