I’ve pretty much decided that, if I ever stop working at my current school, my next career stop would be The Institute of Play. How could a place with that name not be a fun place to work? These are the people who brought us Gamestar Mechanic, Gamekit, and SimCityEdu (which I haven’t tried, yet, but … 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
Everyartist Live! is a project that is being hosted by the people at Everyartist.me. I originally read about Everyartist Live! when Vicki Davis did an excellent post about it on her Cool Cat teacher blog. Her post is quite thorough, so I would recommend that you read it to find out more about this upcoming … Read more
I can’t believe it’s already Phun Phriday! This week has flown by! Despite being super busy, I managed to collect enough bits and baubles to use in the next ten Phun Phriday posts, so I may be doubling up for the next few weeks! I saw a tweet about this yesterday, and thought it was … Read more
I recently posted about Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show, and how I find it inspiring that Sylvia is not waiting around to pursue her dreams. She is doing it now with her videos and, most recently, her WaterColorBot invention. I like to have my students think about what difference they intend to make in the future. We … Read more
Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show was first featured on this blog in May of 2012. Sylvia has continued to develop her super awesome making talents. You can view her projects, videos, and blog here. But, her most exciting project to date is the WaterColorBot. Since she launched her Kickstarter campaign to raise the money to produce … Read more