Category: Hacks
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I want Pi for my School
The Raspberry Pi Foundation Before we get into the nitty gritty of hardware, software and what will be possible once the Raspberry Pi (RasPi for short) is finally released it’s important to take a look at the project’s roots. RasPi was initially devised by Eben Upton in 2006 who saw a decline in computer science…
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Internet Revolution Creates A Digital Divide
A strange phenomenon is happening today in technology: it’s evolving, it’s proliferating, and it’s changing the way people learn. But more than that, it’s creating a knowledge gap that’s affecting a certain demographic of people in the world. While the Internet is responsible for more global economic growth than renewable energy, mining, and agriculture, there…
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Non-Errors in English
I was in the middle of writing the other day and I wanted clarification on a particular grammar rule and this book came to my attention. But, to boldly go where no man has gone before, and to start a sentence this way, simply became too much fun. Check the rules and see where you…
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Reasons To Go Back To Playing Minecraft
Reprinted from MakeUseOf. See the full article here. In case you haven’t heard, Minecraft was just officially released. Yes, the game has been available to play for a couple of years, but it was in beta. Now the beta label is gone and the game is considered – well, complete – but if you’ve…
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Minecraft and The Classroom
From this article by Chris O’Brien, How Minecraft is Taking Over The World, comes an overview of Minecraft a link that is a starting point for the discussion about its use in education. This is going to be a game we are going to play in my classroom when I can research how to use…