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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…
There have been several times that I needed to send out a customized email to students. I could create the email, and make my changes for each student, but there’s a better way, Form-Mule! For this example, I created a spreadsheet with the student’s name, email address, and when they have a meeting scheduled. Under…
Marana Unified School District will offer Arizona’s first Computer Science Immersion Schools, selected by the creators of Code To The Future. Starting this fall both the new school Gladden Farms Elementary and Quail Run Elementary will be integrating computer science with curriculum content in English language arts, math, science, and social studies. Programming and game…
I’m the music teacher at our school. I’m also the resident Nerd Supreme, whose recent rabbit hole has been physical computing: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, sensors, boxes of electronics, and soldering. Meet Alex. He’s a second grader at my school who was born without eyes. Oh, and he’s autistic. He’s funny and smart and he loves…