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Sharing: New Tools for Interactive Fiction and Engaged Writing

Byryan April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

New Tools for Interactive Fiction and Engaged Writing | Edutopia

Students were using interactive fiction tools to reimagine American Revolution battles as text-based adventures, written from the second-person perspective. Interactive fiction is essentially a computer-based version of Choose Your Own Adventure books, in which the reader has agency regarding a story’s multiple, threaded outcome.

I would have loved to have these tools when I was in school! Another tool for advanced students is Inform, but the climb is steep.

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Digital Citizenship, critical thinking, and Google Sheets – Top 3 for the week

Byryan June 18, 2017June 18, 2017

https://eduk8.me/2017/06/teach-digitial-citizenship-googles-internet-awesome/ https://eduk8.me/2017/06/teaching-children-critical-thinking-skills/ https://eduk8.me/2017/06/google-sheets-updates-machine-learning-charts-embedding-information/

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Use your iPad camera and Center Stage as your personal cameraperson

Byryan May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

Center Stage is a camera feature built in to several iPad models that uses software and the front facing camera to track a person and keep them in the center of view. It will track multiple people, zooming out when necessary to keep both in the field of view. Why Center Stage You may have…

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7. Use RSS to stay up to date (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning)

Byryan December 4, 2016December 7, 2016

Use RSS to stay up to date is part 7 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. When I see RSS as part 7 I’m filled with doubt. I believe I should have put this at 1 or 2, but I must have had a reason I put it where I did when I…

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🗂 How I’m organizing my school documents for the 2022-2023 school year

Byryan August 3, 2022August 2, 2022

In the past, I’ve talked about organizing my files by school year. At the beginning of the year, I would create a folder named after the school year. For example, last year’s folder was named 21-22. Inside of the folder I created the following folders: Documents Pictures Movies Downloads Any files I would re-use from…

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4. Take an online course (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning)

Byryan December 1, 2016December 7, 2016

Take an online course is part 4 of a 13 part series, 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Take an online course Online courses aren’t just for students, there are many ways teachers can take an online course to increase their knowledge and get experience. Depending on your school district and local professional development…

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Fixing teens’ sleep deficiencies

Byryan April 12, 2017April 8, 2017

Delaying school start times has been universally touted as the answer to the growing epidemic of teenage sleep deprivation, but this common orthodoxy may be based in false ideas about how teen biological clocks really work. The argument for later start times hinges on the fact that teenagers prefer to go to bed and sleep in…

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