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Get them coding with Tic-80

Byryan December 3, 2019December 2, 2019

TIC-80 is a fantasy computer, patterned after retro computers from the 80s. I’ve mentioned PICO-8 before, and if you have used it, then TIC-80 will feel right at home.

The big advantage of TIC-80 over PICO-8 is that TIC-80 is completely usable in the browser. That means it will run on anything with a browser, such as Chromebooks.

TIC-80 is a great way to introduce students to programming actual commands, not blocks like Scratch. That means the learning curve is a steeper, but, TIC-80 can also do way more. To see what is possible, check out some of games published on itch.io.

The games can be programmed in several different languages, but I would recommend sticking with Lua or maybe Javascript. Both languages have a ton of resources available and are relatively easy to pick up.

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The Creative Commons’ new image search is online with over 300 million images

Byryan May 16, 2019May 15, 2019

Creative Commons is a licence for creative works that allows the creator to offer different terms than what is possible under copyright. Most Creative Commons works are licensed Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) or Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). Attribution means you have to give the creator credit, noncommercial means the work can’t be used in a commercial setting,…

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Narrate slide shows on almost any platform with Movenote

Byryan February 18, 2016February 18, 2016

Movenote is a website, Chrome web app, Android, and iOS app that allows you to create narrated presentations. The app supports Google authentication, so students don’t have to create accounts, and there is also an education version that removes the ads. It’s the easiest app I’ve found for allowing students (or teachers!) to record narrated slide…

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You can @mention people in the new Gmail!

Byryan August 9, 2018August 8, 2018

I think we’ve all been there, working on an email, usually a reply, when we realize that we need to involve someone else in the email. In the past, you would stop your email, go to the To:, CC:, or BCC: field. After typing the person’s email address to add them to the reply, you would then…

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You will soon be able to remove duplicates and trim white space in Google Sheets

Byryan May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

What’s changing We’re introducing three new features that will help you clean up and work with your data in Sheets. These features are:* Remove duplicates* Trim whitespace* Compatible spreadsheet shortcuts Source: G Suite Updates Blog: Three new features to format and work with data in Sheets These are some great features that will be a…

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How to use the calculator, graphing calculator, and geometry calculator built in to Google

Byryan July 20, 2018July 19, 2018

How to use the calculator built in to Google. This may be an old trick, but it’s still very useful. When performing a Google search, you can instead type a problem to solve, such as 23*21 like in the example pic above. Google will then switch to calculator mode and show you the answer. You…

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Create your own city online for free with Toy Box Metropolis

Byryan December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Source: Toy Box Metropolis by Second Dimension Games Toy Box Metropolis is a simplified version of Simcity that takes place on the floor of a child’s bedroom. At the start, you are given your choice of objectives for the game. You then build roads, buildings, and landmarks in a way that will achieve the goal…

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