I get asked a lot about uses for the Raspberry Pi. Well, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has you covered. Hello World is an online magazine for educational Raspberry Pi users. Available for free as a PDF, it is published three times a year with articles for the making teacher.
The magazine is even a better deal if you are a teacher in the UK because they will ship you a physical copy of the magazine for free!
Source: SheetHacks: Discover the best tips and tricks for Google Sheets and Excel. Sometimes, you don’t know the problem you are having until you see the solution. Using spreadsheets fall into this category. There are things that you don’t know are possible with a spreadsheet, so you never ask or search for them. That’s where…
Source: One More Try! Here’s a great practice app for various skills that you can learn through repetition. Once you click start, record yourself doing the skill you want to work on. The video is delayed, so you won’t see yourself doing the skill. When finished, click the replay button. The website will loop your…
6 Truths About Technology in Education I recently had the opportunity to Keynote the University of Pennsylvania Literacy Network’s Winter Symposium. Penn Literacy Network founder Mort Botel (who was also a former President of the International Reading Association) wrote one of the most influential works in my teaching career, “The Plainer Truths of Teaching/Learning/Assessing Across the Curriculum“;…
The Raspberry foundation released their newest model of the Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi 3. It is faster than the 2 it replaces, and adds wifi and bluetooth, all for the same $35. The addition of wifi is a big deal. No longer will you have to use one of the USB ports for a…
Source: Maps Mania: The Tower of Pisa in 3D Sometimes I stumble upon sites that feed my need for information, and This is how the tower of Pisa was prevented from falling scratches that itch. First things first, if you don’t read Italian, you’ll want to turn on translation in Chrome to your location. The…
I would like to thank our special guest author Kolt Buchenroth for his contribution today to Eduk8.me! He is currently the public relations manager for Kenton City Schools. No one likes preparing for the worst. But, you either do it or get left in the dust. I prefer to take advantage of the calm and do what I…