Using emojis with Chrome , a comic, and a meme – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2020/05/emoji-keyboard-extension-for-google-chrom/
https://eduk8.me/2020/05/comic-raw-deal/
https://eduk8.me/2020/05/eduk8meme-what-day-is-it/
Similar Posts
A meme, a comic, and Brilliant for teaching science and math – Top 3 of the week
https://eduk8.me/2020/11/sitting-in-a-meeting-eduk8meme/ https://eduk8.me/2020/11/one-syllable-comic/ https://eduk8.me/2020/11/brilliant-teaches-math-and-science-in-a-fun-an-interactive-way/
Exit and entrance tickets with Google Forms and Google Slides
Using entry and exit tickets is a way for students to summarize and reflect on their learning in the classroom. Given at the start or end of class (or sometimes both!), these tickets are also a way for a teacher to see how the students are learning the material and to see if any changes…
Direct instruction, practical skills, and a pixel editor – Top 3 for the week
https://eduk8.me/2017/10/inefficiency-direct-instruction/ https://eduk8.me/2017/10/lack-practical-skills/ https://eduk8.me/2017/10/piskel-free-online-pixel-style-editor-animator/
New school initiative backs tech-ready librarians
Media specialist Samantha Edwards wants noise in her library—and she hears it.Last fall, Edwards, the librarian at Fogelsville Elementary School in Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, opened a modest self-publishing center in the library outfitted with an iMac, a printer and a machine to bind books. She noticed how excited her students were to create…
Scratch + Google = Next Generation of Programming Blocks for Kids — MIT MEDIA LAB — Medium
Scratch Blocks brings together two different programming “grammars” that we have designed over the past decade. The standard Scratch grammar uses blocks that snap together vertically, much like LEGO bricks. For our ScratchJr software, intended for younger children, we developed blocks that are labelled with icons rather than words, and snap together horizontally rather than…