Conference checklist, Apester, and a comic – Top 3 for the week
https://eduk8.me/2018/02/2018-conference-checklist/
https://eduk8.me/2018/02/edtech-tool-create-interactive-slideshows-apester/
https://eduk8.me/2018/02/comic-big-game-procrastination/
Now here’s the puzzle: We can’t actually teach it. ‘Teaching’ imagination is like giving away the answers. It’s like spoon feeding. Students have to use and trust their own imagination in order to exercise it. It’s a path they have to take on their own. Sure, we can guide them through the process, but it’s their…
https://eduk8.me/2018/02/oetc18-twitter-users-oetc18/ https://eduk8.me/2018/02/google-docs-add-math-equations-written-latex-easily-google-docs/ https://eduk8.me/2018/02/comic-theres-life/
Something rare is happening, and it might not last long. Today, right now, anyone with a $300 laptop can use the very same tools as the people at the top of just about any industry. Source: The very same software During the dot com boom of the late 90s, it required tens of thousands of dollars…
PiperEDU also comes at a discount. Whereas a normal Piper kit costs $300, PiperEDU will cost $250 when a school buys four units. If that price is too steep, teachers have the option to rent Piper kits on a monthly basis—two for $100 per month—and apply the money paid in rental fees to an eventual…
Fifty percent of teens feel they are addicted to their mobile devices, according to the poll, which was conducted for Common Sense Media, a nonprofit focused on helping children, parents, teachers and policymakers negotiate media and technology. A larger number of parents, 59%, said their teens were addicted. The poll involved 1,240 interviews with parents…
Over the years I’ve played around with easy ways to collect and search information, but never really satisfied with the outcome. Last week I had the idea to try to use GMail as a journal, and so far it is working pretty well. Why GMail? I wanted something that was frictionless to use. What do…