How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization Yes, my theory is that Friends may have triggered the downfall of western civilization. You might think I’m crazy. But to quote Ross: “Oh, am I? Am I? Am I out of my mind? Am I losing my senses?” Did you know the song that…
Worlds of Learning | 30 Ways to Create the Conditions to Inspire in a Makerspace I recently took my students into New York City to meet with the team from Buncee. In addition to being an amazing multimedia storytelling tool, Buncee has an incredibly passionate and committed group of people on their team. They spent time talking to…
There is a disease that is infecting millions of smartphone users. The disease to some seems pretty benign, but that is what makes it so dangerous. It doesn’t kill its host, the host who is blissfully unaware of the horror they are inflicting on others. This disease is VERTICAL VIDEO! Please, say no to George Lucas….
Top 10 Reasons to Create Little Free Libraries in Your Community by Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan We often support schools and communities with promoting summer reading. We want students to continue their “readerly lives” over the summer. A few years ago, we were researching ideas to get books to students in different communities and…
Checklist or Art Form? What we teach is not really as important as how we teach. In my first years of education, those suggested activities were my lifeline. I needed them because I thought of teaching as more of a checklist, than an art form. “If I do this, then I will be able to say that…
Today is a day I despise on the Internet. Filled with wannabe Onion writers, millions of sites think they are funny when in reality it’s just annoying. But, all is not lost. There have been great contributions on April Fools Day, and the optimist in me believe there will be in the future. Apple Computer…
Exploring Graphing with Kindergarten using Google Sheets Use this Google Sheets template with Kindergarteners to explore graphing. Students use physical manipulatives to count and then represent the number in a graph. What an awesome collection of templates to use with Kindergarteners in Google Sheets! These could be used at the higher grade levels too. Do…
Google Saves Oh, Google, there you go again. Sometime since this morning, when I searched Google Images for my blog post, and later in the day (now), when I did it again, I saw two buttons that were not there before… What a great feature to add. It looks like they have grander visions for…
Microsoft is bringing the Bash shell to Windows 10 Here is an announcement from Microsoft Build you probably didn’t see coming: Microsoft today announced that it is bringing the GNU project’s Bash shell to Windows. Bash (Bourne Again SHell) has long been a standard on OS X and many Linux distribution systems, while the default…
23 Awesome Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom I have put together a list of 23 Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom, making it even easier to create lessons and announcements with your favorite apps and resources. Last summer, Google opened the API for Google Classroom which means that other applications could connect or integrate…