Google announced last week that it is shutting down the goo.gl URL shortening service. A URL shortening services is an online service that takes long, unwieldy addresses and creates a new, shorter address that it is easier to share. I’ve covered the Chrome extension before, which made it very easy to use. The timeline for…
Apple has been making a push for the iPads in the classroom, and their latest salvo is an iPad that works with the Apple Pencil and Logitech Crayon. Unfortunately for Apple, I don’t believe the new iPad and the push for multimedia creation will be enough to sway schools from the lure of Chromebooks. To…
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A decade ago, smart devices promised to change the way we think and interact, and they have – but not by making us smarter. Eric Andrew-Gee explores the growing body of scientific evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds Source: Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?…
TAGS – Twitter Archiving is a Google Sheet extension that can be used to collect and archive Twitter searches. This looks like a great tool for your classroom to collect tweets.
Source: [Image] The 4 Stages Of Learning – Keep practicing that skill or habit until it’s internalized. : GetMotivated I came across this graphic on Reddit, and thought it would be something I could share in the classroom. It goes along with the concept of failing and learning.
It’s true: programmers think differently than everyone else. Not to say that programmers are necessarily smarter, more logical, or more rational than everyone else, as is commonly said. But scientists have recently started studying the brains of programmers and have come to some interesting conclusions. Source: How Programming Affects Your Brain: 3 Big Truths According to…
Over the past few weeks we have been taking an ever increasing look at web resources that we can share regarding Internet safety. Here are some of the best ones and a brief description of the contents of each link: Source: Welcome to Chris Hamady .com – Journal – Internet Safety Resources A great collection of safety…
