I’ll admit, I had no idea what a grip was. Lucky for me, this video was made in 1995 and it kinda sorta explains what that job entails. My favorite part is not the useful content that I might use with my students, but rather the Klingon wearing a colorful shirt. Source: Watch This 1995 …
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Recyclables become useable art in these six-second Vines
Click through to see the whole Mashable article and several more Vine projects. Submissions included cardboard cacti, a wire desk tree, reshaped paper clips and more. Source: Recyclables become useable art in these six-second Vines This has me thinking about having students make short stop-motion animations that are “Vine-ready.” We could focus on recycling, as …
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Kissing the Office Goodbye
(Note: This is not about me leaving my current school. I love this place too much to leave.) When I first traded my paintbrushes for a computer lab 7 years ago, I was shown a written description (on paper, even!) of the Middle School course I would be teaching. The only content it covered involved …
Twitter reportedly suspends Deadspin and SB Nation accounts over NFL GIFs
Both accounts were reportedly suspended for copyright violations stemming from their use of GIFs of NFL game. Source: Twitter reportedly suspends Deadspin and SB Nation accounts over NFL GIFs Long story short, copyright is serious business. I’ve no love for the NFL for many reasons that I won’t rehash in this post, but it looks …
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CMOS Inventor Working on Gigapixel Sensor That Can Detect Single Photons
Hold onto your seats: there may soon be game-changing breakthroughs in image sensors that could take low-light photography to whole new levels. Source: CMOS Inventor Working on Gigapixel Sensor That Can Detect Single Photons This sounds really cool for a lot of reasons, but remember that the sensor might as well be out of a …
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Academic Aesthetic Brain Dump 1
Normally I have videos of me playing games OR audio recordings of me talking about education. This time I combined them to see how it would go. This is the result. Today’s topics: Next year’s supply list. Why Beats are a waste of money. Google Drive & Google Apps For Education (GAFE) Are awesome. Snakes. Student tech …
Moving Target Technology
The inspiration for today’s braindump brought to you by the following tweet from the one and only Will Richardson: “Outside the Skinner Box” http://t.co/CETKBsEUwx Must read from @garystager #edchat #edreform #cpchat #satchat pic.twitter.com/9JgYNt9QP7 — Will Richardson (@willrich45) December 19, 2014 Full disclosure, I have a Wordle project in my repertoire and I use it often. …
Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 13: See What Sticks
Today’s episode was recorded on the drive home. No script, no notes in front of me (because “eyes-on-the-road,” obviously…), and plenty of engine noises from my own vehicle and those around me that Audacity’s “Noise Removal” filter couldn’t do enough to remove. (If you’re new here, most of my podcasts are not recorded like this. …
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Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 12: It’s JIF
In today’s episode, I have opening night jitters. Show Notes: StarTalk Radio Hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson Wide variety of science topics Frequently with a professional comedian co-host. Teaching Photography With Animated .GIFs Yes, .gif is pronounced “jif,” because that’s what the guy who made it called it. Great for quick comparison of scaled setting …
Academic Aesthetic S2 Ep 11: Beans, Trolls, and #MDEduTech
Today’s episode is about social interactions, for good or for ill. Show Notes: EdBean Podcast 3 teachers discussing a variety of teaching strategies. Conversation is frequently NOT about the tech, but about best practices. Most recent episode from last month. Assumption is the padcast is still active. “Don’t feed the trolls,” but what if they …
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