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A New Sketching Program (and why you need it)
From the fertile mind of Brian Aspinall comes another classroom ready application. This one has special appeal as I think you’ll find as we dig into it. You may recall a previous mention of another...
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Coach’s Eye
I had a chance to go out for a coffee this week with @LostFanDan and @janiblen. We do this periodically and it’s a great opportunity for us to solve all the problems of the world. It brings back...
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Having it all
I’ve mentioned before that I use Symbaloo as one of the start tabs on my computers. It’s a great way to have links to a lot of resources. Here’s one of my home pages. If you care to, go ahead and...
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This Week in Ontario Edublogs
I often wonder. If there was a week when nobody from the Ontario Edubloggers LiveBinder posts, do I get the day off? Fortunately, I haven’t had to test that hypothesis yet. The Learning Games Sheila...
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Signing Off
There’s nothing like learning something new and I had it happen to me on the weekend. My newest teacher, Sharon, needed me to sign off on something and forwarded me a PDF file to sign. Sigh, I...
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Symbaloo – Before and After
It was just a week ago that I blogged about Symbaloo and webmixes. I have Symbaloo set as the start page for my computers. I have tried a number of like utilities in the past and, with the retirement...
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Pinterest Boards for Educators
If I was looking to enter the fray of “numbered resources for whatever”, I could have called this post “9 Pinterest Boards for Education You Must Follow” or something like that. Fortunately, the nine...
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Rockmelt for Web
I have been a Rockmelt fan for a long time. When the browser first came out, I grabbed it and made it the default browser on my computers. It was based on Chromium and had all of the hooks to social...
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A Puzzle to Drive You Nuts
I’ve always enjoyed a good puzzle. The more it makes me thing the better. I love logic and a good mathematics puzzle is hard to beat. On a cold and rainy day, I decided to go looking for one. And, I...
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Hopscotch for iPad
I will admit to a certain level of geekyness. I’m not apologetic about it either. Sometimes, I just like to sit down and write a program for the fun of it. It’ll never go anywhere and I don’t share...
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A TouchDevelop Tip
Lately, Alfred Thompson (@alfredtwo) has been sharing a great deal about his experiences with TouchDevelop. His latest post is actually a story around a video showing how to use Turtle Graphic in...
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Programming with Bee-Bot
Computer Studies teachers have known for a long time that there’s something very unique and engaging about assembling instructions to make a computing device do something. As simple a statement as...
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Investigating Opera Coast
I’ve always been a sucker for trying out new things. One of my curiosities has always been the web browser. I have a good collection on my desktop computer. I seem to always be looking for the...
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Little Help Needed
You know that I really like DropBox and the DropItToMe combination. I think it’s genius when looking at a web-based hand-in folder for students. I wrote a post about it once and do repeat it as a...
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Word Clouds on the iPad
I can’t ignore a good deal and I like visualizations. Today, I had a chance to enjoy both! Cloudart was available for free on Friday – so I downloaded it – I can’t ignore that. I’ve had some people...
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10 Starter iPad Apps, 2013 Version
I started this Christmas list of applications on the iPad in 2010. It’s interesting to see what’s stayed and what’s gone. It’s shared here for those of you lucky enough to score an iPad for...
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Rockmelt for Web
I have been a Rockmelt fan for a long time. When the browser first came out, I grabbed it and made it the default browser on my computers. It was based on Chromium and had all of the hooks to social...
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A Puzzle to Drive You Nuts
I’ve always enjoyed a good puzzle. The more it makes me thing the better. I love logic and a good mathematics puzzle is hard to beat. On a cold and rainy day, I decided to go looking for one. And, I...
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Hopscotch for iPad
I will admit to a certain level of geekyness. I’m not apologetic about it either. Sometimes, I just like to sit down and write a program for the fun of it. It’ll never go anywhere and I don’t share...
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A TouchDevelop Tip
Lately, Alfred Thompson (@alfredtwo) has been sharing a great deal about his experiences with TouchDevelop. His latest post is actually a story around a video showing how to use Turtle Graphic in...
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