Comic, Vivaldi web panels, and the greatest demo – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2018/12/comic-christmas-wishes/ https://eduk8.me/2018/12/vivaldi-adding-a-web-panel/ https://eduk8.me/2018/12/the-greatest-demo-ever-is-50-years-old/
The greatest demo ever is 50 years old
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Doug Engelbart’s groundbreaking 1968 Demo – also known as “The Mother of All Demos.” It was there at the 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference that Doug and his team at SRI first presented their seminal work in personal and collaborative computing to the world – this was…
You and your research – the requirements for doing great work
How nice, then, to rediscover the transcript of a 30-year-old talk from Richard Hamming, a former math and computer professor and researcher. (Hamming was also part of the team that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War Two.) Hamming titled his talk, which he presented on 07 March 1986, “You and Your Research,” but…
Several adult non-fiction books are being released for a younger audience
Lately I’ve been noticing that more and more authors seem to be adapting their adult nonfiction books for younger readers (typically for the middle grade set, ages 8-12). The young readers editions are shorter and often contain more illustrations, photos, graphs, and charts than their adult counterparts, distilling the story and information down into what…
Extending learning science with YouTube
As part of our series of interviews with people across Asia-Pacific who use the Internet as a tool to connect, create and grow, we spoke with DoYoun Han, a science teacher at Hyeongyeong Elementary School in South Korea. In addition to his day job, he runs the YouTube channel 3-Minute Elementary School Science, which shares…
Vivaldi – Adding a Web Panel
Vivaldi – Adding a Web Panel. Another great feature of Vivaldi is the ability to add a web panel to the side of the browser.This panel will load the mobile version of a website which works a lot better in the narrow window than the full website. You can use the web panel to show…
iOS math app, cybersecurity tips, and the East India Company – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2018/11/solving-math-problems-on-your-iphone-and-ipad-with-the-bing-ios-app/ https://eduk8.me/2018/11/cybersecurity-tips-for-teenagers/ https://eduk8.me/2018/11/just-how-powerful-was-the-east-india-company-in-the-mid-1700s-until-the-mid-1800s/
Not a trivial matter to these students
Final-year high school students who sat a national history exam in New Zealand have launched a petition asking the exam be marked based on students’ own definition of an “unfamiliar” word. Source: NZ students start petition after exam word ‘trivial’ confused them I have no words… At least no words that these students would be able…
Our classrooms are mostly open offices, can they be better?
It began as a post-war dream for a more collaborative and egalitarian workplace. It has evolved into a nightmare of noise and discomfort. Can the open office be saved, or should we all just be working from home? Source: Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be (Ep. 358) – Freakonomics…