While some outdated educators are hung up on making students sit, stare, and copy down their every word (by hand!), innovative educators know there is a better way.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.
The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 52 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 52.0.2743.82 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered…
Last week I talked about switching a Google Drive document from /edit to /preview and back. The process is cumbersome, requiring you to edit the address of the document. To help with switching, I wrote a little Javascript code that will switch between the modes when clicked. Don’t fear the bookmarklet A bookmarklet is a…
I am not able to go to ISTE this year, but I’ve been following along online, and after attending the first #ISTEChat video conference there was mention of a Popl wristband that uses a QR code or NFC to share your contact info. That led me down the rabbit hole of qr codes, Vcards, and…
Cubetto is a robot with two wheels and each wheel has its own motor. It can go forward and it can make 90 degree turns. The cube is wireless and gets commands from the interface board. The board has slots for blocks. There are blocks for moving forward, turning left, turning right, and executing a…
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. Researchers have been investigating the novelty effect for decades. It started in the 1930s at the Wawthorne Works factory. The factory wanted to see if changed the lighting improved productivity. It turns out…
Of course, this isn’t true. Physical proximity is one thing, but connection and intimacy come from eye contact, from hearing and being heard, from an exchange of hopes and dreams. Source: Seth’s Blog: Proximity and intimacy Can we get the connection and intimacy when we are not physically together? Students do it all the time on…
