The CARDIAC Instructable presented here is not a computer, it’s a device to help you understand how a computer works. You the user will: decode instructions by sliding panels up and down, move the program counter “lady bug” from one memory location to the next, perform the duties of an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), read…
With all the promise that educational technology holds, several pitfalls are always on the minds of educators. The top two issues that commonly come up in my talks with educators are the technology (Internet, hardware, devices, apps) not working or off-task behavior on the part of students. While there are some serious challenges that can…
Source: Epic!: Read Amazing Children’s Books Online – Unlimited Access to the Best Books and Learning Videos For Kids 12 and Under I stumbled upon Epic! when I read about their free activity calendars. Although the service has a price for families, it is free to use in your classroom. Their quickstart guide is available…
Last week I talked about switching a Google Drive document from /edit to /preview and back. The process is cumbersome, requiring you to edit the address of the document. To help with switching, I wrote a little Javascript code that will switch between the modes when clicked. Don’t fear the bookmarklet A bookmarklet is a…
People are using AI to explore all kinds of ideas—identifying the roots of bad traffic in Los Angeles, improving recycling rates in Singapore, and even experimenting with dance. Getting started with your own machine learning projects might seem intimidating, but Teachable Machine is a web-based tool that makes it fast, easy, and accessible to everyone. Source: Teachable Machine 2.0 makes AI…
Source: Photos To Slides – G Suite Marketplace For certain tasks, Google Slides is a good solution. However, creating a photo slideshow in Google Slides is a tedious and laborious process. That is, unless you have the Photos To Slides add-on. This add-on uses albums created in Google Photos. Once you have the pictures you…
Source: Google Search Filter – Chrome Web Store This is a pretty cool add-on for Google Chrome. With it, you can highlight results from websites you like while hiding results from websites you don’t want to see (I’m looking at you Pinterest…). Once installed, go to google.com and click on the extension in the toolbar….
Source: FindSounds – Browse for sounds Who doesn’t need sound effects? Whether it is for that multimedia project or that Scratch game, everyone needs a sound effect at some time or another. FindSounds is a search engine for free sounds. Unfortunately, even though you can play and download the sounds for free, who own the…