Why we need school libraries
With an emphasis on test scores and “digital literacy,” there is a myth among many that the school library is irrelevant and even old-fashioned. Talk to students and you will find that they don’t feel this way. Children want access to books. They want to spend time in a library perusing titles and discussing what…
Excessive screen time blamed for rise of teens needing glasses
So many people, especially young people and teenagers, spend a significant period of time each day staring at a screen of some kind, whether that be a computer, smartphone, tablet, or the regular old TV. Now, a new study is warning parents that all that screen time may be behind a stunning rise in children…
Learn programing with Kodable
Source: Programming for Kids | Kodable Kodable offers both free and paid resources for teaching programming in primary and intermediate schools, from grades K-5. I really like how their curriculum moves to actually writing code in 3rd grade, moving beyond the drag and dropping of blocks like in Scratch. The use of blocks hasn’t convinced…
Email scheduled reminders from a Google Sheet with the Add Reminders add-on
Source: Add Reminders – Google Sheets add-on I wish I had this a couple of years ago. It would have made it a lot easier to remind students when they had presentations or projects coming up.
Setting up Chrome to read eBooks offline
You don’t need to rely on the internet to catch up on your e-reading, because there are many ways to take content offline these days. Let’s see how you can save your reading material for offline use from your browser. We’ll use Chrome as an example here, but these solutions work just as well for…
A job of the future – scifi authors imagine future threats for the French military
The French military wants to figure out what its armed forces might face in the future. To help, it’s bringing on a group of people who are well-versed in imagining the future: science fiction writers. The UK’s Telegraph reports that France’s Defence Innovation Agency is hiring between four and five writers to form a “Red Team” that will come…
Math Is Art
For some people, math can be a necessary headache. Yes, algorithms guide countless aspects of daily life. There are tips to calculate and hours to count. But unless someone’s a specialist, they’ll probably ignore complex math in any given situation if they can help it. But Yale assistant professor of mathematics Stefan Steinerberger wants to…