Well, it’s Phun Phriday, and I am being completely selfless by sharing a site with you that I find more torturous than fun 😉 You see, I was never a huge fan of the Rubik’s Cube. I have some sort of visual/spatial disorder that makes finding my car in parking lots and solving the Rubik’s … Read more
UPDATE 6/9/2020: Unfortunately, Gwigle seems to not be available any longer. However, you can still create your own Gwigle-type game for classroom use. Yes, you read that right! Gwigle is a site that bills itself as “an educational game to help you use Google more effectively.” Apparently, Gwigle has been around for awhile (since 2006, … Read more
For the summer, I have decided to use my Tuesday and Thursday posts to reblog some of my favorite posts that some of my readers may have missed the first time around: Last year, a friend of mine told me about Google’s 20% Policy, and I immediately thought of its applications for the classroom. It … Read more
For a great internet research challenge, try “A Google A Day”. At the bottom of the search page, there is a question for that day. You are timed on how long it takes you to submit a correct answer. You can get hints as well as tips for how to search for the solution. If … Read more
My last post was about the concept of applying Google’s 20% Policy to the classroom. 100 Minutes of Genius is a similar idea. Tia Henriksen got the idea of calling it “Genius Hour” from another educator, Mrs. Krebs, who is referenced on this blog post. Also, there are links to how Mrs. Krebs introduced the … Read more
Last year, a friend of mine told me about Google’s 20% Policy, and I immediately thought of its applications for the classroom. It was among many of my ideas that I had for the new school year that just didn’t come to fruition. And now, I find that a teacher named AJ Juliani had the … Read more