During my perpetual quest for the perfect Phun Phriday post (something that is fun and has zero educational value – but is appropriate for most audiences), I happened to read a tweet from Joe Hanson (@jtotheizzoe) about his new addiction to playing a game with the Google Chrome Dinosaur that appears whenever you try to … Read more
Note: Since originally publishing this post, I have added some updates, which you can find here. Now that our campus has a set of Chromebooks, my students have been delighting in exploring Google Drive. One tool that has been an asset is the Presentation tool also known as Slides. Similar to Powerpoint, the Google version has … Read more
I love the collaborative aspect of Google Drive, but with a classroom of varying numbers and age levels of students and 10 iPads I’ve had to learn to be a bit creative when it comes to using Google activities with my students. The release of specific apps for iOS such as Slides and Sheets is … Read more
I’ve collected a few fun Google activities during the last week that I thought I would share for this week’s Phun Phriday post. Remember, these are not necessarily educational – but that doesn’t mean you won’t find a way to integrate them into your classroom 🙂 I saw this Google Docs trick tweeted out earlier … Read more
In the past couple of years, there have been an overwhelming number of stories from media outlets that point out the huge amount of computer science jobs that are available and the dismal number of American students prepared to fill them. You can see some of the sobering statistics on this infographic provided by Kodable. Although … Read more
For the past couple of years, Google and Make Magazine have partnered to sponsor an online Maker Camp each summer. The 2014 Maker Camp runs from July 7th-August 15th. There is a special theme for each week, and it includes projects, instructions, and virtual field trips. You do not have to register ahead of time, but … Read more