Bored to distraction? No wonder I’m so distracted. No wonder we all are. The problem isn’t technology per se, but the expectations it has engendered: a steady stream of entertainment and stimulation. Or, as Bertrand Russell — who lived through the invention of electric lights, radio, and television — put it: “We are less bored than our ancestors were,…
So next time you’re faced with a “data-driven” scenario do this: instead of looking for the answers the data provides, look for the questions it generates. Source: If You Want to Be Creative, Don’t Be Data Driven – Microsoft Design – Medium Data always has its purpose and reason for being collected, but blindly doing…
Totally different paths taken with the opening up of GPS data vs education data. Yet all of the research (and the debate about education data) has created the illusion of ubiquitous education data. Instead, in practice, the parallels between education and GPS fall apart in some key ways. First, while the decision to end selective…
What is a VPN? It is a way to protect your personal information after it leaves your device. What is a VPN and why would you want one? When you access a website, your traffic travels over several different networks before it reaches its destination. For most people, traffic goes from their device over wifi…
Self-control is a very important skill to develop which is sometimes pretty difficult to learn. According to Laura Markham Ph.D. of Psychology Today1, “Only 30% of 4 year olds can manage their emotions, anxiety and impulses to resist temptation.” Why should that matter? I’m actually surprised that the number is as high as 30%!
Google offers two options to students and staff to take your data with you when you leave Google Takeout lets you download or transfer your data. Enhancing student learning through the IKEA effect More evidence of taking ownership increases learning. Quiznetic lets you build interactive formative assessments Tired of Kahoot? Try Quiznetic.
Not quite useful for school settings, but if you use personal Google accounts, then the family updates will make sharing easier. I can’t wait to try this out with the shared calendar. Right now we have separate calendars for each family member, that’s shared with each person. Which you would think would work swell, and…
Researcher have found that bullying has a lasting impact on the bullied. “Students who experienced more frequent peer victimization in fifth grade were more likely to have greater symptoms of depression in seventh grade, and a greater likelihood of using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in tenth grade,” said the study’s leader, Valerie Earnshaw, a social…
What do you do when you are stuck working the overnight shift at a hospital reception desk? You become an expert in Microsoft Paint. Turns out, sometimes our resistance to learn something new and master a new skill can lead to something pretty amazing. Pat Hines, who couldn’t be bothered to learn Photoshop and illustrated…
Quiznetic is a free online game maker, allowing you to create a quiz like game for your class. Quizzes are created in the form of a game board, and students run through the quiz asynchronously. That is, each student can answer questions at their own speed, not at the speed of the class like in Kahoot….