Want to give your students a seemingly unlimited number of logic puzzles and brainteasers to delve into over the summer? Try out Erich’s Puzzle Palace. There are several ways you can sort this huge collection: Math, Word, Grid, and Path are only some of them. I haven’t tried all of them, or even most of … Read more
National Geographic’s Brain Games series airs on Monday nights and covers topics from “How Closely Do You Pay Attention?” to “Do You Believe Your Eyes?” Tonight’s episode is “The Power of Persuasion”, and it’s the 5th one of the 12 for this season. The show is “chock full of interactive games and experiments designed to … Read more
A couple of days ago, I received my daily update from my “Apps Gone Free” app. I noticed the “Robots for iPad” app, and thought it sounded intriguing, but didn’t have wi-fi at the time to download it. I remembered it yesterday, and decided to give it a try. I am so glad I did! … Read more
“rvl.io (pronounced reveal) is an online editor and platform for the popular open-source presentation framework reveal.js. The original framework requires content to be written as HTML but rvl.io aims to simplify that by providing a visual editor.” To be honest, I don’t really understand all of the above, which is a quote from the rvl.io … Read more
Some people spent their Easter weekend camping out in parks. Some spent it cooking and baking feasts for their family. I spent it playing two new games on my iPad. iSolveIt is brought to you by the Center for Applied Special Technology. CAST is “an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning … Read more
This video, which is actually an advertisement for TMB Bank, tells the true story of a floating village in Thailand that spawned a team of young football (soccer, to Americans) players despite the fact that they had no place to practice. Despite the fact that it is a commercial, it truly is an inspirational story, … Read more