AutoDraw is a Google AI experiment that figures out what you are drawing

AutoDraw is a Google AI experiment that figures out what you are drawing

Google’s latest AI toy may be its most clever: an automated drawing bot that analyzes what you’re doodling in real time to suggest a more polished piece of clip art to replace it. Called AutoDraw, the software is another of Google’s ongoing creative machine learning demonstrations that it releases as part of its AI Experiments series. It uses…

A good Chromebook PDF editor is XODO PDF Reader & Annotator, a free, complete PDF app for the web or mobile

A good Chromebook PDF editor is XODO PDF Reader & Annotator, a free, complete PDF app for the web or mobile

If you are looking for a Chromebook PDF editor then you should check out the XODO PDF Reader & Annotator. It is a complete PDF editing and annotating app that is available on the web and on mobile. For desktops and laptops XODO PDF Reader & Annotator is available as a web site, Chrome app and Chrome extension. Once the extension…

Resistance to automation is holding back a higher standard of living in the US

Resistance to automation is holding back a higher standard of living in the US

The onslaught of robots and automation on all sorts of careers is a topic I’ve talked about previously. I believe as educators we need to be aware of the world our students will be inheriting. But one journalist doesn’t believe automation is happening fast enough. Baffling because it’s starkly at odds with the evidence, and…

Google offers two options to students and staff to take your data with you when you leave

Google offers two options to students and staff to take your data with you when you leave

If you are a student who is graduation or a staff member leaving a G Suite for Education district, Google offers two options for you to take your date with you. You can download your data or transfer the data to a personal account. Downloading your data Google has offered the ability to download your…

World’s ‘Lightest Satellite’ built by a teenager in India

World’s ‘Lightest Satellite’ built by a teenager in India

An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world’s lightest satellite, which will be launched at a Nasa facility in the US in June. Rifath Shaarook’s 64-gram (0.14 lb) device was selected as the winner in a youth design competition. The 18-year-old says its main purpose was to demonstrate the performance of…

Mental representations of math is important to understanding

Mental representations of math is important to understanding

How you view math and shown math relationships can affect your understanding of math. What does mathematics look like to you? Do you see a wondrous landscape filled with connected ideas, or a sprawling mess of symbols? The distinction matters a great deal, because your mathematical worldview is inextricably tied to your success in the…

Google is adding a Personal search tab

Google is adding a Personal search tab

Under the More tab on the search results tab Google is adding a Personal tab. Selecting it searches your personal information stored in Google. Selecting Personal searches for matching data in your Calendar, Gmail, and Photos. It doesn’t appear to search Google Drive for content though. The Personal tab is only showing for personal accounts right now, and there isn’t any…

Chromebook printing without Cloudprint, free art books, and build a city block – Top 3 of the week

Chromebook printing without Cloudprint, free art books, and build a city block – Top 3 of the week

Printing to local network printers without Cloudprint I can now print to my wireless Brother printer at home without setting up a Cloudprint server. The Guggenheim now has over 200 art books available for free Who does love free stuff? Especially when it’s from the Guggenheim! Brick Block is a neat “build your own city…

When does collaboration become cheating?

When does collaboration become cheating?

Harvard’s CS50 class, Introduction to Computer Science I, has become very popular, swelling in size to 636 students this past term. Unfortunately, the increase in popularity hasn’t been without its problems. More than 60 students enrolled in Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” last semester appeared before the College’s Honor Council in a wave…