Mathigon is a website that explores and displays the true beauty of mathematics. The site is relatively new, and still has some parts that are under construction. However, there are plenty of features that are ready to use right now. Mathigon includes an e-book called World of Mathematics that can also be downloaded as a Chrome … Read more
I had the fabulous opportunity to view an “edufilm” a couple of nights ago at the SXSWedu Festival. The film, If You Build It, is a documentary about an ambitious endeavor taken on by the founders of “Project H” to guide a group of high school students through a year-long course that would culminate in … Read more
Twisted Sifter has a great article that includes pictures of “40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World.” Not all of them are appropriate to show students, but some of them would be great to use for incorporating some Depth and Complexity into the classroom. Here are a few, and some suggestions. … Read more
Really, what can you not do with a 3Doodler?!!! It’s Phun Phriday, and I am here to tell you that the 3Doodler is PHUN, PHUN, PHUN!!!!!! I did a search of my blog posts to find out when I first wrote about this invention. It was February of last year. That was when I decided … Read more
It’s here! This week is Computer Science Education Week. (Check out the Google Doodle to honor Grace Hopper’s birthday, which starts CSEd Week this year!) To celebrate, you are invited to participate in an Hour of Code – a global event during which schools are committing to teach students how to program for at least … Read more
What do you do when you have 24 students on their way to a Robotics Club meeting and you find out from a technician that your laptop hard drives have mutinied and need to be re-imaged? If you are like me, you consider asking the technician if he would like to switch jobs for the … Read more