Another obstacle in our student’s learning – Decision Fatigue
It turns out that doctors, more than most professionals, suffer from decision fatigue. The more decisions you make, particularly those that require careful deliberation and high stakes, the less willpower you have to make the next incremental decision. After an entire day of these types of decisions, you’re likely to avoid making any decision whatsoever….
Highlight or remove results from a Google Search with the Google Search Filter add-on
Source: Google Search Filter – Chrome Web Store This is a pretty cool add-on for Google Chrome. With it, you can highlight results from websites you like while hiding results from websites you don’t want to see (I’m looking at you Pinterest…). Once installed, go to google.com and click on the extension in the toolbar….
Story starters and more with this free dungeon creator tool
Source: One Page Dungeon by watabou One Page Dungeon is exactly what the title says, it creates a dungeon map all on one page. The dungeon is created with a random name, subtitle, and various objects placed in the rooms. This tool could be used as a starting point for stories. For example, in picture…
Search for free sound effects with FindSounds
Source: FindSounds – Browse for sounds Who doesn’t need sound effects? Whether it is for that multimedia project or that Scratch game, everyone needs a sound effect at some time or another. FindSounds is a search engine for free sounds. Unfortunately, even though you can play and download the sounds for free, who own the…
WeBoard is a free, collaborative, interactive whiteboard app
Source: WeBoard Here’s another option for a collaborative whiteboard. The free plan offers 10 saved boards and enough features to be useful. The paid plain is 5 Euros a month, and adds other features such as screen recording and 1,000 saved boards. Sign up is quick an easy, you can use either a Google log…
Get a taste of what Artificial Intelligence can do by visiting the AI Dungeon
Source: Dungeon Dungeon is an interactive fiction adventure that is created through deep learning. Each adventure is dynamically generated based on text from the internet. Because of this, there may be objectionable content in the adventures.
Micro:bit Of Things – Resources for using the Micro:bit in your classroom
The micro:bit is a superb tool for delivering the physical elements of a Computing curriculum and it is a fantastic device on which to base a wide range of STEM projects that involve electrical circuits and electronics. Source: Micro:bit of Things I don’t think the Micro:bit gets the amount of love in the United States…