My holiday series of “Gifts for the Gifted” concludes today with a post on apps that you might want to pre-load on that new iDevice you’re about to set under the tree. This is, by no means, an exhaustive list. New apps are released weekly, of course, and there are quite a few older apps … Read more
My series of holiday (or any time) “Gifts for the Gifted” continues today with a set of adorable dolls and puppets from the Unemployed Philosophers Guild. The Little Thinkers dolls include a wide array of influential personalities from different cultures and fields of study. There are scientists, philosophers, artists, musicians, revolutionaries, and even radio hosts … Read more
UPDATE 12/14/2020: If you are looking for more holiday ideas, here is my new Winter Holidays Wakelet that I will be continually updating throughout December. I also just posted a S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Through Winter Jamboard that you can access here. Last week, I posted about one of my creative thinking packs that I like to use around this … Read more
Factory Balls is a bewitchingly challenging Flash game that I found out about on “Technology Rocks. Seriously.” You have to drag the white Christmas ornaments to the appropriate tools that surround the tree to recreate the colors on the sample ornament. Each level becomes increasingly difficult, as you have to learn how to layer the … Read more
I apologize to those of you who may not celebrate Christmas, as these puzzles all fit that theme. I did look for online logic puzzles to represent the other winter holidays, and sadly did not find any that would be appropriate for this post. I will try to be more prepared next year! The following … Read more
Rain Deer Orchestra is just a fun site that can easily be differentiated for various music levels. I am not sure why the site designer chose that particular way to spell the title, but it’s the songs that are important. Go to this site, and you can tap on the noses of the reindeer to … Read more