Kids, and adults, can certainly learn stuff from watching videos of the type Green produces (and I have). But those topics exist in isolation. And connecting them into something actually useful is a far more difficult process. One that requires teachers.
Privacy is what sets us apart from the animals. It’s also what sets many countries and citizens apart from dictatorships and despots. People often don’t think about their rights until they need them — whether it’s when they’re arrested at a protest or pulled over for a routine traffic stop. Source: Online security 101: Tips…
With school out and summer break giving kids more time to spend on the Internet, it’s a great time to introduce Be Internet Awesome: a new way to encourage digital safety and citizenship. Developed in collaboration with online safety experts like the Family Online Safety Institute, the Internet Keep Safe Coalition and ConnectSafely, Be Internet…
Internet Travels Edcerpts are my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week “You look marvelous.” – Fernando Apps gifcap is a website that I was recently reminded about by Brad over at Time to Talk Tech. This browser based site…
Much of the public enthusiasm for STEM education rests on the assumption that these fields are rich in job opportunity. Some are, some aren’t. STEM is an expansive category, spanning many disciplines and occupations, from software engineers and data scientists to geologists, astronomers and physicists. What recent studies have made increasingly apparent is that the…
Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Back from break And we’re back from break! Over the past two weeks I mapped out a game plan to create more content for Eduk8me…
The last couple of weeks I’ve been playing around with Periscope. Periscope is a live broadcast service that requires no set up (well, except for a Twitter account). After clicking on the broadcast button in the bottom toolbar, Periscope will ask What are you seeing now?. Enter a topic, then click the red Start Broadcast button and…
