A meme, computer building, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/impressive-homework-eduk8meme/
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/nandgame-build-a-computer-from-scratch/
https://eduk8.me/2021/05/more-summer-plans-comic/
https://eduk8.me/2021/06/did-you-know-that-nasa-offers-a-bunch-of-free-ebooks/ https://eduk8.me/2021/06/whiteboard-app-for-sports/ https://eduk8.me/2021/06/august-calendar-eduk8meme/
Although Google Slides has a bunch of good looking templates, after awhile the presentations all start looking a lot alike. I put together a short video on how to modify an existing template and make it your own, so your presentations have your own blend of flair attached to it. After you create your own…
Slashdot linked to an article at The Guardian where Lawrence ‘Larry’ Luckham to his camera to work one day in 1967. He brought a camera into work to capture a day in the life at a company churning out some of the biggest technological advances of the decade The article brought out some interesting theories on the state…
Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she…
For the last nine weeks of the school year I decided to check out Classcraft.com as I look into gamification in the classroom. This won’t be a review, but more of a first look at Classcraft and how it can work in the classroom. What is gamification? Gamification is the use of behavioristic tools in the…
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…