While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way. At this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit teachers came together to learn about innovative ways to support teaching and learning but they weren’t focused on taking notes.
Today I will be presenting at the CREATE Conference. Here is my presentation along with the links to everything discussed. Presentation links: Keyboard shortcuts: Pop up keyboard shortcuts in Gmail, on a Chromebook, and more New freebie – Chromebook Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet ⓔ My favorite Gmail keyboard shortcuts Speed up your iPhone and iPad…
This is part 5 of 13 Gmail hacks for teachers. Google groups is a service offered by Google to create email listservs. While some of its functionality can be duplicated with Google Classroom, there are times when having a Google Group comes in handy. First, you will need to know if Google Groups is turned…
Announced last November, Team Drives adds a new way to collaborate in Google Drive. Instead of sharing folders and files from your My Drive, a Team Drive is separate from your My Drive and has some capabilities that simply sharing a folder does not have. The big change with Team Drive is the addition of…
In this article, we celebrate the folks still creating weird and wonderful forms of transportation. Most of these creations come with ways to make your own versions at home, though if you are a beginner, it might be worth brushing up on your electronics skills first! Source: 5 DIY Electric Vehicles You Can Build With Raspberry Pi…
This “c factor” is not strongly correlated with the average or maximum individual intelligence of group members but is correlated with the average social sensitivity of group members, the equality in distribution of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of females in the group. Source: Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups |…
If you haven’t heard about the new MASSIVE app hit from Niantic you may be living under a rock. Pokémon GO has been downloaded an estimated 5 gazillion times since launching on the iOS and Android app stores just earlier this month. It is on track to quickly outnumber Twitter in terms of daily users…
