A list of Chromebook apps for younger students
Are you a Chromebook user under the age of ten? While you may not be, quite a few students among the almost thirty million students in U.S. schools. Luckily, there are many Chrome add-ons which are age-appropriate for young learners. In this blog entry, we will explore a few common Chromebook apps. Source: Chromebook Apps for Young…
Historical maps available online
Historical maps available online. Source: Old Maps Online This is really, cool. The maps cover all over the world, and could be used to show how your local town has changed or what the roads were like during specific events.
Time zones, poverty, and the art of failing – Top 3 of the Week
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The effects of poverty on cognitive function
Lacking money or time can lead one to make poorer decisions, possibly because poverty imposes a cognitive load that saps attention and reduces effort. Source: Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function | Science I had thought I shared this before, but I couldn’t find it in the archives. The researchers talk about cognitive load. What is cognitive load?…
A gluttony of information and ease of sharing are a bad mix
In August, Superintendent Michael Hynes wrote an outstanding article focusing on the fact that kids need recess because their mental health may depend on it. The article will most likely be one of the most viewed Education Week opinion posts of 2018 because it was shared over 300,000 times to date. Not only was the…
STEM before it was called STEM, old science shows get a second life
The Curiosity Show captured the imaginations of Aussie kids, teaching them simple science experiments to do at home. It was produced in South Australia and ran nationally from 1972 until 1990. Source: Curiosity Show gets a second chance at life, goes viral on YouTube – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) The Curiosity Show Youtube Channel…
Lost and the failing, how one college graduate went on to become an iOS developer
Let me start by briefly stating my background. I graduated high school in 2012 knowing two things for certain: I wanted to play college basketball and I had no idea what I wanted to study in college. Fortunately enough, I went on to college lucky enough to be given the chance to play college…
The effects of a fixed mindset on understanding statistics
In 1999, an English solicitor named Sally Clark went on trial for the murder of her two infant sons. She claimed both succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome. An expert witness for the prosecution, Sir Roy Meadow, argued that the odds of SIDS claiming two children from such an affluent family were 1 in 73…