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Using Technology to Inspire Independent Readers
As teachers, one of our most critical jobs is to create independent readers. Getting kids excited about books is the first and most...


Google Arts & Culture: Explore Stories from Around the World
Experiencing the world’s art just got a little easier, thanks to Google’s newly launched Arts & Culture application which puts works of...


Learn Tools As You Put Them To Use in Projects from Make's New Tool Book
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about Charles Platt’s Make: Electronics series (which I instigated as an editor at Make: Books) is...


Zoom Video Conferencing: Connecting Online
Adding cloud video conferencing to any room is now simpler than ever with Zoom Rooms. Zoom Rooms is the worlds first SDVC or Software...


Google's A.I. Is Really Good at Recognizing Your Doodles
Google's neural net is amazingly good at figuring out what you draw. In this game, it correctly guessed five out of six doodles I drew:...


I…ROBOT?
Recently, I have been fascinated by the television show “Westworld”, which describes a future world where robotics & artificial...


How To Defend Your Digital Rights: Street Protest Edition
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's Digital Security Tips for Protesters builds on its indispensable Surveillance Self Defense guide for...


A Common Core Aligned Curriculum Resource... and It's Free
Are you a new to the scene teacher? Are you a teacher of ample experience? Are you somewhere in between? Are you missing that Common Core...


How to be Digitally Literate in an Era of Fake News
America just completed an especially volatile and polarizing Presidential election. This was the first major election where both sides...


What Does It Mean To Be Human in an Age of Machines?
In his 1854 book, Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Men have become the tools of their tools.” Thoreau’s assertion is as valid today as...
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