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This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. In Derek Sivers’ book Hell Yeah or No he writes “Obvious to you. Amazing to others.” When it’s time to share our talents, we hesitate. If we know it, doesn’t everyone else? Why would someone…
Hour of Code is Good Enough | Ideas and Thoughts
Hour of Code is one of those burgeoning ideas that is getting a lot of up take in schools. Proponents love it as an easy way to introduce the coding and computer science to students with little or no background needed from either the teacher or the student. Critics argue that it’s not enough and…
Sharing: Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking {via @jmattmiller}
Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking | Ditch That Textbook A powerful way to take advantage of that is visual notetaking — recording ideas using both images and text. Some call it doodling, and many have gotten “in trouble” for doodling in class even though there were cognitive benefits of it over standard notetaking….
Chrome and Chromebook Calculator app
Calculator apps are funny, you don’t think about them until you need them, and then you want them to work fast and then get out of your way. Calculator for Google Chrome works well for that. Once installed, Calculator adds an app that you can launch from Google Chrome that does what it says it does, and…
Piper Raises $2.1 Million to Teach Kids to Code Through Minecraft | EdSurge News
PiperEDU also comes at a discount. Whereas a normal Piper kit costs $300, PiperEDU will cost $250 when a school buys four units. If that price is too steep, teachers have the option to rent Piper kits on a monthly basis—two for $100 per month—and apply the money paid in rental fees to an eventual…
The Schoenblog: Using Data for Better Learning with #GoogleForms
Data-driven instruction is one of those buzzwords in today’s educational landscape. We hear all about data, but if your experience is anything like mine, you’ve never really been trained to do much with it. Sure, we give pre-assessments and set goals for post-assessments, growth, and student success, but it often feels like we’re doing so…