The micro:bit is a superb tool for delivering the physical elements of a Computing curriculum and it is a fantastic device on which to base a wide range of STEM projects that involve electrical circuits and electronics. Source: Micro:bit of Things I don’t think the Micro:bit gets the amount of love in the United States…
Source: DrawKit – Beautiful free illustrations I think I find a new free illustration site about once a month, and here’s another one. DrawKit offers a bunch of illustrations for free, just scroll to the bottom of the page. The illustrations offered by DrawKit are in .png and .svg format. PNGs are graphic images you…
Source: Math and Science Games For Teachers and Students: Don Your Cape! Via: “Legends Of Learning” Adds A Ton Of Math Games | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… Legends of Learning is a freemium site that allows you to create classrooms with students for free, but there are additional paid features. A breakdown of…
Source: Change Case – Google Docs add-on When I stumbled upon this add-on, I was thinking, “Doesn’t Google Docs offer a change case tool?”. Apparently, it doesn’t, but with this add-on, it can! This is great to use when you are trying to CORRECT SOMEONE WHO HAS DECIDED TO YELL THROUGHOUT YOUR DOCUMENT.
Source: GIPHY Arcade The games are pretty simplistic, and you have to watch out for inappropriate gifs, but the coding is pretty fun and easy!
The iOS Microsoft Whiteboard app updated to Version 19.11007.0 earlier today. This latest app update for Microsoft’s cloud-based sketching app includes some subtle UI changes for improved accessibility and unlocks the new template feature which is in public preview and was also made available on the Windows app several days ago. Source: Microsoft Whiteboard app updates on…
Draftback – Chrome Web Store I learned about this Google Docs addon from Reddit, but I haven’t had much luck in getting it to work correctly. I’m sharing it so maybe you’ll have better luck and can share with me what you did. Draftback gives you a visual playback of a document’s version history. It…
Source: Chemix – Draw Lab Diagrams. Simply. If you are a science teacher or in a lab setting, Chemix allows you to create illustrations of lab equipment. These illustrations can be used in documents for students, or students could use the site to enhance their own notes.
Source: Lospec If you have students that are working on programming their own game, or maybe they just want to create some clip art for a presentation, Lospec provides an online editor that doesn’t require a log in. There are also tutorials and other materials to help you or your students travel down the pixel…
