Category: Teaching
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Infographic–Tracking American Poverty
These are interactive infographics to explore the information set. Tracking American Poverty & Policy is an interactive infographic visualization site that breaks down the data about…you guessed it…poverty in America. The site provides a sequence of interactive pages that start with the overall poverty numbers, and then break them down in more detail by race,…
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Fostering Tech Talent in Schools
I have included a reprint from the NYTimes this morning. While the effort is absolutely laudable and worthy, I wonder, in the time I move from the washroom to my classroom, if there is a lack of clarity as to why this might occur, the need to have extra assistance. I vacuumed my room this…
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Vernier Summer Updates
Vernier Software & Technology launched the Connected Science System this summer, which networked educator and student devices such as the iPad, iPhone, Google Chromebooks, and Android devices with LabQuest 2 this June. This means that its three major features – Graphical Analysis for iPad, Vernier Data Share, and LabQuest Viewer – became collaborative across devices…
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Replacing A Teacher with A Robot
I am attending the Oregon Association for career and Technical Education (OACTE) Spring Conference and I wondered if I could rent a robot to give me a virtual telepresence. You can rent one for weddings. I imagine my thinking was based on this episode of The Big Bang Theory –…