Fact checking, comic, and Edtech – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2018/09/5-unbiased-fact-checking-sites/
https://eduk8.me/2018/09/comic-buckle-down/
https://eduk8.me/2018/09/does-edtech-improve-or-harm-education/
After posting yesterday, I played around with running Android apps on my Chromebook last night. To minimize the glitches, I found that not changing the configuration of the Chromebook after launching the app runs the app the best. What do I mean by that? I mean, don’t flip the screen around or rotate the screen…
Go Pollock is a web based tool to gather feedback from students. The teacher creates a set of questions for a quiz. When the class is ready, the teacher starts the session and can monitor the students as they go through the questions at their own pace. Go Pollock could be used as an exit or…
Last May, I backed a project on Kickstarter1 for the CHIP computer. At $9, the CHIP computer is the cheapest single board computer (SBC) that is fully functional. The Raspberry Pi project released the Pi Zero at $5 during the past year, but it isn’t fully functional since you still have to buy an SD…
Nobody likes change, but the fact is that change is at our doorstep. Changes in technology are quickly beginning to force the hands of schools and districts across the world. This poses some good news for students, as transformation efforts are under way to provide authentic learning experiences that provide relevance, value, and tangible skills…
I’m the music teacher at our school. I’m also the resident Nerd Supreme, whose recent rabbit hole has been physical computing: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sensors, boxes of electronics, and soldering. Meet Alex. He’s a second grader at my school who was born without eyes. Oh, and he’s autistic. He’s funny and smart and he loves…
Read is part 4 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Read! No, I’m not being ironic. Reading is a pretty popular activity in the United States, with over 75% of adults having read at least one book in the last year. As school teachers, we get caught up in all of the…