With Presefy, your presentations can be played in sync, on the audience’s mobile devices. Once you have completed the sign up process, you can upload a presentation to Presefy and then present to an audience. The file format needs to be in PowerPoint or PDF format, which is unfortunate. It would be nice if they could…
I have a hard time remembering all of those classes I took and especially what in the world I learned in them. Part of it is probably because of the volume of it all. Just from sixth to 12th grades, seven classes a day x 180 days x seven years = 8,820 class periods. Part…
As a parent, I am fiercely protective of my children. I want them to be kids. I want them to play sports, get lost in great books, collect bugs in our backyard, and engage with one another creating art projects, choreographing dance numbers, and playing good old fashioned board games. I often feel these traditional…
Google Sheets Power Tools add-on adds some needed tools to Google Sheets. Once the add-on is installed, you can access it from the Add-ons menu. Puts the Power into Power Tools add-on The Power Tools add-on has many tools, here are just a few that I really like: Split – This tool splits a cell according to information in the cell….
In The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream, Tyler Cowen argues that more Americans are living comfortably and contently with what life has handed them. By sheltering ourselves from the new and different, it’s hard to see what is lost by standing still. But if you look at the data, we’re seeing…
The traditional higher-education system works great for lots of students. But it forces countless others, like my nephews, to choose between two bad options: either enter a four-year bachelor’s degree program for which they are not ready, academically or emotionally; or pursue some kind of job-focused training program that, while valuable, may effectively put a…
Lumio for Google Chrome helps you curate and share information. To get started, you’ll need to use Google Chrome and install the lumio extension. Google Accounts are supported for signup, so that’s one less username and password you’ll need to remember. Lumio works a lot like the Google Keep extension, with one difference. Information can be…
Teaching children according to their individual “learning style” does not achieve better results and should be ditched by schools in favour of evidence-based practice, according to leading scientists. Thirty eminent academics from the worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology have signed a letter to the Guardian voicing their concern about the popularity of the learning style approach among…
Grade 8 science teacher revolutionizes classroom by making it a year long RPG Another example of gamification in the classroom. Another Google Docs/Google Keep tip: Easily store standards A great way to use Google Keep along with Google Docs. Creative Commons Search helps you and your students find legal multimedia Help students find licensed media…
I was recently at a conference about the social and emotional needs of children today. While much of what I heard reinforced what we were already seeing as a campus, it was fascinating – the idea many children today are unaware of how to communicate effectively, show and understand empathy, understand their feelings regarding shame,…