Well, it’s Phun Phriday again. Once a week I post something that has pretty much no educational value, but somehow struck me as interesting during the week. This week’s post is about an app called, “Stop.” My daughter likes to turn me on to apps that are trending with her and her friends. “You probably … Read more
For this week’s Phun Phriday post, I am tying in to yesterday’s post about the book, Thing Explainer. To celebrate his book being published, Randall Munroe shared a game on his xkcd.com website called, “Hoverboard.” As far as I can tell, nothing catches on fire. However, I am pitifully bad at these types of games, … Read more
Happy New Year! I’m going to start off 2016 with a Fun Friday post about bubble wrap. Although it’s not used quite as often to cushion packages, you might have acquired some during recent gift exchanges. Here are some alternatives to adding it to the landfills. Michael Fischler demonstrates his artistic process of creating bubble … 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
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
Words can be powerful weapons – even in baseball. As the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays battle it out over who will advance to the World Series, their city’s respective public libraries decided to take the competition to social media. After Kansas City’s library tweeted this photo following a victory over the … Read more