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/
I believe in the importance of participating in ongoing and continuous reflective practice as an educator. This is my reflection on my Cardboard Challenges Maker Education Camp that was taught to twelve 5 to 10 year old learners for five days, 2.5 hours each morning. My Cardboard Challenges webpage of ideas can be found at http://www.makereducation.com/cardboard-challenge.html….
Though the conversations focused either on the literature or on its implications, students acquired a number of soft skills through the process that were as valuable as the content of the exchanges. Removed from those conversations, I think our students’ education is incomplete without these skills. Source: 4 Skills Every Student Needs – Leading, Learning,…
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. The parachute from the Perseverance landing carried a hidden message. Encoded in binary, the message read Dare Mighty Things. This was the team’s motto, and was plastered on the walls of Mission Control…
Google recently added Google Play support to two more Chromebooks in Chrome OS’s developer channel. That means you can now run Android apps on three separate Chromebooks. The two new Chromebooks include the Acer Chromebook R 11 C738T, and Google’s own Chromebook Pixel, although in the 2015 version only. Source: Early Android app support rolls out to…
Thanks to anonymous hackers, 500 more Apple II titles are now available on Archive.org. These games are fully playable in the browser, even on Chromebooks. There are a bunch of educational software for the Apple II software, so if you’re looking for an alternative ABCya, check it out.
It is becoming more and more common for someone to have multiple Google accounts. You have your personal Gmail account. Then you have your school Google Apps for Education account. Then you also have that Google account for the club/sport/organization you help run. As a Google Education Trainer, I have lost count of how many accounts…