Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Eduk8me!

Lifehack has posted a link to the site Online Name Generator. No false advertising here, the site does what it says it does, it generates names. So if you are looking for a name for your company (Opendexon), your business (Inditech), your band (Gruesome Major), or your D&D character (Updar Hermedes Ackmard), the site has…
There are a couple of different ways to schedule equipment when you’re a Google Apps for Education school. One is to have the GAFE administrator create Google Calendar Resources that can then be scheduled with Google Calendar. This method works really well, but its biggest issue is that staff have to schedule by time, not…
What do you do with that new Raspberry Pi? Getting started with a new Raspberry Pi. Management tips for the new BYOD and 1:1 classroom Useful tips for teachers new to BYOD and 1:1 classrooms. Seth Godin’s Candy Diet Anti-intellectualism and candy.
Walking Dead In Schools: Faculty Meetings Several weeks into the new year, I am already hearing the same horror stories. The stories of destroying culture and creating zombies. Yes, it’s near Halloween, but it doesn’t have to be this way. What is it? Traditional Faculty Meetings. We know what they are, and we still subject…
Thinking of buying a new Chromebook but not sure which one to choose? Use our comprehensive specs comparison table and buying guide to quickly see the differences between each model, and find the best Chromebook for your needs. Source: Chromebook specs & performance comparison chart (2019) When shopping for a Chromebook, it’s sometimes difficult to…
Cellphones ignite a ‘reading revolution’ in poor countries The report, released today, examines the reading habits of nearly 5,000 mobile-phone users in seven countries — Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe — where the average illiteracy rate among children is 20 percent, and 34 percent among adults. (The US, by comparison, has an…