{Comic} Bonus Points

Retiring several Gmail Labs: Gmail Labs serve as a great testing ground for experimental features. Successful labs graduate, and low usage labs often retire. With the announcement of Gmail Add-ons, enterprises will soon gain the ability to add modern integrations in Gmail, which in some cases will replace or improve the functionality provided by some…
I’ve written a couple of papers on my Alphasmart Dana, but the issue I had was getting the documents off of the Dana in a format I could use. I always save the documents from Alphaword on the SD card since the internal memory will lose its contents if the battery fails. My original plan…
FlipQuiz is a free, online tool for creating Jeopardy style quizzes. Once you sign up, you can create boards for free and run them in your classroom. The tool is easier than trying to use presentation software or a spreadsheet. There are pro features available if you are interested in other features such as copying boards from others,…
“We are in a new era, one in which we are building systems that can’t be grasped in their totality or held in the mind… Source: The World Depends on Technology No One Understands I find this both fascinating and scary. With complexity comes more power, but if no one understands the system, can we…
Spiral offers teachers a quick and easy way to engage their classroom and measure understanding. Teachers can create and log into Spiral using a Google, Facebook, Twitter, Clever, or Edmodo account. They can also create an email log in if they don’t have access to those services. Once logged in, you can use one of the four apps…
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…