Infographics, Facebook, and New Years Resolutions – Top 3 for the week
https://eduk8.me/2018/01/create-infographics-9-tools/
https://eduk8.me/2018/01/facebook-make-feel/
https://eduk8.me/2018/01/new-years-resolutions-dreams-vs-reality/
Once installed Peek-a-tab gives you fast and easy access to every open tab in Google Chrome. You can invoke Peek-a-tab from the toolbar icon or from they keyboard. Once it’s activated, it gives you a list of your tabs in all of your open windows. That’s pretty cool, but Peek-a-tab takes it a step farther and let’s you immediately start searching…
Fingers, blocks, pebbles and a myriad of other physical manipulatives are all tools helping students problem solve. But does that usefulness carry over when physical manipulatives give way to digital ones? The answer is a resounding yes! In her dissertation paper “Do Gestural Interfaces Promote Thinking?” published in 2011, Ayelet Segal, confirms that interactions with touch screens are effective in…
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Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she…
Factitious is an online game to help people recognize fake news. This would be a great way to teach students how to check sources and identify fake news sites.
Gabriel’s Seeds is a website that allows you to create personalized learning apps from your browser. After a quick sign up, you can browse the apps in the directory or create your own. For ESL teachers there are a multitude of apps in different languages. I started creating my app from one of the supplied…