A comic, a meme, and teaching coding – A Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2021/01/face-to-face-again-comic/ https://eduk8.me/2021/01/i-named-my-car-eduk8meme/ https://eduk8.me/2021/01/should-kids-be-taught-coding/
Should kids be taught coding?
WhiteHat Jr., which operates in India and the United States, mounted an advertising blitzkrieg in India telling parents that our children need to learn coding from the age of 4, 5 or 6 — or they will fall behind in life. Indian celebrities promoted the brand and spread the fear of losing out among families….
Showing multiple inboxes in Gmail #YouTube
Keep your most important emails easily viewable in Gmail with Multiple Inboxes.
Eduk8me’s top 10 posts of 2020
I’m not a big fan of end of year lists, just for the simple fact that things released in December have a distinct disadvantage to those items released in January. Looking back over the top posts from 2020, the list seems to be distributed throughout the year. Well, except for March and April posts showing…
The most important Gmail filter for teachers #YouTube
This my absolute favorite and most useful Gmail filter. The elegance is in its simplicity. Keep your inbox focused on your school email!
A Meme, a Comic, and interactive fiction in Google Docs – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2021/01/sure-i-can-stop-everything-im-doing-eduk8meme/ https://eduk8.me/2021/01/the-school-year-comic/ https://eduk8.me/2021/01/create-interactive-fiction-in-google-docs-youtube/
Designing new curriculum during a pandemic
Then, just to add to the confusion, management decided that we should have two student intakes: one in August/September (the traditional starting time for new students), and one in February. This meant that, if we were fast enough, we could trial the new curriculum on a small group of students that started in February, rather…