Work not done

Work not done

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Could be… That you don’t know what needs to be done. That you don’t know how to do what needs to be done. That you’re afraid to do what needs to be done. Source: Seth’s Blog: The work not yet done Never stop learning.

Teaching teachers curiosity

Teaching teachers curiosity

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“When we tried to boil down what we were looking for — it was helping our colleagues rediscover their curiosity,” Hopkin said. He wanted teachers asking themselves questions like: Why does my lesson go this way? Why don’t I like this kind of student? Why did this go so well? “We wanted them to see…

Sleep deprivation for teens, screens are part of the problem

Sleep deprivation for teens, screens are part of the problem

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That’s the conclusion drawn by researchers at San Diego State University studying sleep-deprived American teenagers. After conducting a meta-analysis surveying more than 360,000 subjects, they concluded that decreasing sleep time comes at the expense of increasing screen time. “Teens’ sleep began to shorten just as the majority started using smartphones,” states Jean Twenge, Professor of…

What’s a Computer

What’s a Computer

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When a neighbor asks her what she’s doing on her computer, the girl replies ‘What’s a computer’ making the not-so-subtle point that an iPad Pro is more than enough computer for many tasks. Source: Apple Posts ‘What’s a Computer’ Video Promoting the iPad Pro – MacStories I’ve tried out using an iPad as my mobile…

Create interactive fiction for your classroom with ActiveLit and Quest

Create interactive fiction for your classroom with ActiveLit and Quest

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Source: ActiveLit Via: “ActiveLit” Lets Students Play & Create Choose Your Own Adventure Games In Virtual Classrooms | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… To create the stories, you use Quest to write interactive fiction. Quest is available online and as a Windows download. The stories play out very much like the Choose Your Own…

Doctor loses license due to lack of computer skills

Doctor loses license due to lack of computer skills

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Dr. Anna Konopka, the 84-year-old New Hampshire physician who recently lost her medical license in part due to a lack of computer skills, has an uphill battle ahead of her. In two lengthy phone interviews with Ars on Tuesday, Konopka said if she is reinstated by the state’s medical board—at this point, a big if—she would…