G Suite rights, creativity, security – Top 3 post for the week
https://eduk8.me/2017/12/signing-away-rights-using-g-suite-education/ https://eduk8.me/2017/12/how-creativity-works/ https://eduk8.me/2017/12/lower-productivity-innovation-due-security/
Amazon, Netflix, and Coca-Cola learn from failure, here’s how they do it
Why, all of a sudden, are so many successful business leaders urging their companies and colleagues to make more mistakes and embrace more failures? In May, right after he became CEO of Coca-Cola Co., James Quincey called upon rank-and-file managers to get beyond the fear of failure that had dogged the company since the “New…
Imitation is but one element of creativity
“And don’t ever imitate anybody,” Hemingway cautioned in his advice to aspiring writers. But in this particular sentiment, the otherwise insightful Nobel laureate seems to have been blind to his own admonition against the dangers of ego, for only the ego can blind an artist to the recognition that all creative work begins with imitation…
A new handheld device to help teach programming
Pip is the compact handheld device that puts the world of digital creation, curiosity & fun in your hands. Make fun games, invent your own apps, play some retro classics or take control of objects around you! Pip is here to introduce the world of coding, to make it fun & easy. Start with drag…
Lower productivity and innovation due to security?
Most security teams use a “prohibition approach” of restricting user access to websites and applications, according to a study conducted by Vanson Bourneand commissioned by Bromium Research. However, this approach not only hampers productivity and innovation, but is a major source of frustration for users, according to the survey of 500 CISOs from large enterprises in…
Signing away rights using G Suite for Education
When my son started middle school last month, he brought home a slew of consent forms for this that and the other. Most weren’t problematic, but one was deeply troubling to me — the consent form for the Google Education App. In accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the form…
How creativity works
What makes humans special? Some credit should go to the opposable thumb and the larynx, says neuroscientist David Eagleman, but a lot of it has to do with our ability to be creative and constantly think up new ideas. Eagleman, a professor at Stanford University and writer, collaborated with composer and Rice University professor Anthony…
Retail, preschool math, and Asteroids games – Top 3 Posts of the week
https://eduk8.me/2017/11/downfall-retail-relates-education/ https://eduk8.me/2017/12/more-math-in-preschool/ https://eduk8.me/2017/11/create-asteroids-quizzing-game-kupiter/
Check out free ebooks from Story Share
We help generate and then distribute new stories aimed at older students who read below grade level, specifically ensuring that the content is interesting at their age, and readable at their level. To do so, we are building the Story Shares Hub to bring together authors, readers, and educators. For authors, the Hub provides a…
More math in preschool?
But what about math? Deborah Stipek, a professor at Stanford and the former dean of the school of education, says math is just as important—if not more—to laying the foundations for educational success. But we are not nearly as focused on planting the seeds for a future love of math as we are for reading….