Lesson plans, a comic, and word processing – Top 3 of the Week
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Bust out some mad AI generated rhymes with BeatBot
Bust out some mad AI generated rhymes with BeatBot. Source: Itay Niv – BeatBot BeatBot is an experiment in music generation, using a stead beat in which you lay down your rhythms. Once you have a good beat going, BeatBot can automatically generate a rap. Don’t hold your breath on the quality of the rap, it’s usually hilarious gibberish.
Creator of the first word processor dies
Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died at 93 this week. She was most known as the designer of the first true word-processing computer. But she designed many other innovative computing systems and helmed Redactron Corporation, a company that helped transform offices by producing and distributing her word-processor device. Source: Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died this week—she should…
Create your own face emoji with Emojibuilder
Create your own face emoji with Emojibuilder. Emoji Builder lets you build different face emojis. The site could be used by students to create an avatar for themselves or to create characters for a story or animation. Once created, the emojis download as a .png file. To create an emoji, you can select the various parts…
BetterLesson provides free lesson plans and also offers PD opportunities
Their mission: To support every teacher in the world in developing the next generation of compassionate, resourceful, and iterative learners. Source: BetterLesson | Professional Learning Reimagined BetterLesson provides access to thousands of free lesson plans and resources. These lesson plans are groups by subject, grade level and standard. Beyond the lesson plans is a thorough and comprehensive…
Chromebook controls, passion, and coding – Top 3 of the Week
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“I think [coding] doesn’t actually teach important skills.”
On a recent late-night formula run, I passed by a large display of books about teaching children to code. I have seen these books around, but never such a large display directed toward elementary-aged children. These books are part of a flood of resources—summer coding camps, after-school code clubs, apps designed to teach kindergarteners the…