The BBC Micro:bit isn’t just a great project board for children, but for anyone who wants to ease themself into programming with a relatively basic device. But what exactly can you do with one of these modest-looking single-board computers (SBC)? Here are some awesome Micro:bit projects to get you started and inspire you. Source: 10…
Most of us claim we want to be happy—to have meaningful lives, enjoy ourselves, experience fulfillment, and share love and friendship with other people and maybe other species, like dogs, cats, birds, and whatnot. Strangely enough, however, some people act as if they just want to be miserable, and they succeed remarkably at inviting misery…
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In 2016, Tristan Harris, whose job title at Google was “design ethicist,” left the company to focus on a new nonprofit he called Time Well Spent. The goal of Time Well Spent is to reverse what it calls “the digital attention crisis” — the brilliant minds at Google, Apple, Facebook, and elsewhere who “hijack our minds”…
Create animated movies with Plotagon. Source: Plotagon • Animated movies and avatars for education, business, and fun Plotagon is an animation software package for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Plotagon Story is a free version that includes 4 characters and 2 scenes. There are additional characters and scenes available, some for free and some that cost….
Use Gif Lingua to support reading in your classroom with gifs! Source: Gif Lingua Gif Lingua offers illustrated books online, with a twist. The illustrations are usually animated gifs and the books can be accompanied by a computerized voice reading the book to you. Grade levels for the books are approximate 1-3, although the subject matter…
Search Google Drive from your Google Chrome address bar. Google Chrome has the ability to add searches to the url with a keyword, so why not set it up to search your Google Drive. To get started, right click on the URL bar in Google Chrome and select Edit search engines… Click on Add on the right…
Quickly open a word definition with the Google Dictionary Chrome Extension. Google Dictionary (by Google) – Chrome Web Store Once installed, a pop up will now show when words are selected on a web page. Along with the definition is a speaker icon which will read the word out loud for the student. This would…
