Not quite useful for school settings, but if you use personal Google accounts, then the family updates will make sharing easier.
I can’t wait to try this out with the shared calendar. Right now we have separate calendars for each family member, that’s shared with each person. Which you would think would work swell, and it does. Except for notifications. Some events will have two or three notifications!
Source: tixy.land It took me awhile to wrap my head around tixy.land, but the author’s Twitter announcement thread helps. Basically, you have one line of up to 32 characters at the bottom of the screen where you write your code. The math of the examples is above my head, but maybe some math teachers can…
Title: Create differentiated texts with OS X’s Summarize Service Author: mr.rcollins Date: 2015-07-15 17:47 Slug: create-differentiated-texts-with-os-x-s-summarize-service Category: Apps Tags: summarize,differentiation Although there are a few services that allow you to adjust the reading level of text, there is also a service built in to Apple’s OS X called Summarize. In OS X, a Service is…
Five million children and youth are cared for by our nation’s social service agencies because they’re experiencing homelessness, foster care placement, incarceration, or other challenges. And all of these young people will also show up in our schools while juggling other competing priorities. Can you put yourself in the shoes of one of these…
Back at the OETC conference in February I was taking pictures of a presenter’s slides when I noticed this icon: Pressing it opened up a whole new way for me to take notes with my phone. Live Text I have been using the iOS Live Text feature for awhile. It allows you to copy text…
MindPane is a Chrome extension that can create a MindMap of a website. Installing Navigate to the MindPane page on the Chrome Webstore and tap the Add to Chrome button. Once installed, click the puzzle piece and pin the extension to the toolbar. Using MindPane is a nice way to help you or your students…
Play Run Marco! an epic adventure game and learn to code i.e. program computers! Designed for 6 to 12 y.o. kids. Source: Allcancode – Run Marco! Have you been through all of the exercises at code.org and want more? Or do you want something different to start your students on programming? Then All Can Code…