Critical Squares: Games of Critical Thinking and Understanding, is a book written by Shari Tishman and Albert Andrade for Harvard’s Project Zero. One of the games I like to use in my classroom is “Whatzit Tic-Tac-Toe.” We generally play it to think deeper about novels that we have read, but I decided to try it as … Read more
Piano Tiles (Don’t Tap the White Tile) is a free app, available on iTunes and Google Play. The name of the game is pretty self-explanatory. As black and white tiles fall down the screen, your job is to tap the black tiles only. The black tiles will make the sounds of music notes as you … Read more
Creator of ClassTools.net, @RusselTarr, tweeted this site the other day. My 1st graders have been studying countries around the world, and we have recently been discussing foods. They really enjoyed “Don’t Gross Out the World,” from FunBrain because they thought many of the cultural traditions were unbelievable. For example, how can it be true that some … Read more
When I first opened the Stratos Spheres game from Thinkfun, I didn’t get it. 24 yellow and blue spheres tumbled out along with a white one. It looked kind of boring, to be honest – which was surprising to me considering the source. I’ve reviewed many Thinkfun games and none of them have been boring. … Read more
It’s impossible to ignore “March Madness,” and the education world has learned to embrace it by creating all kinds of academic bracket competition ideas like this one from the New York Times Learning Network for using with classroom debates. MindShift has a tourney for teachers, not students, though. They want teachers to choose their favorite tech tools. The great … Read more
UPDATE 4-3-16: Session Times have been changed to afternoons to accommodate students who participate in neighborhood swim teams. Do you live in the San Antonio, TX area? Do you have a child aged 7-11? Then this is the camp for you! I am offering an Undercover Robots Camp this June, 2016. We will be using … Read more