Thinkfun periodically sends products to me for review. When Compose Yourself arrived on my doorstep, I knew that I should find someone with a musical background to give it a test drive. Our school music teacher, who is also the President-Elect for the Texas Music Educator’s conference, volunteered to try out the game with her class. Here is … Read more
As you prepare for next week’s global Hour of Code, I wanted to offer a few more resources for those of you who might still be trying to decide whether or not to participate. Ashley Cronin has written a nice article for Edutopia that summarizes resources for the Hour of Code and beyond. One of … Read more
If you’re looking for a new mobile app to try for Hour of Code, Box Island might be the one for you. The full version is not available yet, but there is an Hour of Code version that you can get for free in the iTunes or Google Play app store. There are 20 levels … Read more
I feel that this post is probably superfluous. Code.org has done a wonderful job already of promoting this year’s Hour of Code, scheduled for 12/7-12/13. However, it doesn’t hurt to give this great event more publicity (with the hope that Code.org’s servers can handle all of the extra traffic). The concept is simple – make sure every … Read more
During the last few years, I’ve collected quite a few resources to help teachers “survive” the few weeks before Winter Break. Rather than recycle them in separate posts this year, I decided to put the links to the posts all in one place. (The “Telegenic” post shares related videos.) Creative Ways to Survive the Weeks … Read more
With all of the political shenanigans going on in the world today, it’s comforting to know that we have a completely non-partisan president who is more concerned with dancing than making newspaper headlines – Kid President. If you want to give a gift that will inspire and make its recipient laugh, Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome … Read more