Do you live anywhere near the San Antonio area? Are you, like me, so busy you can’t fit one more thing into your schedule? Well, drop everything else and head on over to Tech Field Day 2015 this Saturday, November 7th. Seriously. Stop being so rigid and so, “I need to plan things way in … Read more
I attended an amazing professional development yesterday that was hosted by Trinity University. In San Antonio, we have a company called VentureLab, which bills itself as “Entrepeneurship Education for Kids.” Members from the company presented yesterday’s workshop, and led us through the steps of inventing and pitching products that solve problems. In addition to the fact that … Read more
Population.io is a site that shows some interesting statistics about the world’s population in relation to the user. According to the site authors, “Our hope is that people from all walks of life, in all ages and across all countries will explore a new perspective of their own life and find their own place in … Read more
I think that my brain naturally looks for trends. Whether it’s on social media, in Flipboard magazine articles, or at education conferences, if I’ve heard about something more than a few times, my brain starts alerting me that I should try something new, already! Newsela is one of those tools that kept turning up in educational discussions, … Read more
This week’s Phun Phriday post is about an iPad app called Hyper. Billed as a video magazine, this free app delivers a new set of hand-picked videos to you every day. According to the app’s description, film-makers choose the posts for each issue. This is not an app I would recommend downloading on student iPads … Read more
If you have the Dash and Dot robots, you have probably received a few e-mails from Wonder Workshop describing the upcoming Robotics Competition. I highly recommend that you consider entering a team (deadline for signing up is 11/1/15)! This set of 7 missions looks like fun and a great opportunity for collaboration and problem … Read more