by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Feb 24, 2015 | Google
Teachers often hear the refrain that education will never be the same because of Google: the massively powerful search engine offers its users access to mindbogglingly huge archives with just a few short clicks. While there is certainly a debate of how much this...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 20, 2015 | Get your geek on!, Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, Media, VideoCasts
In this weeks addition of Keep Kids Coding! Kiki looks at an intermediate site from CSisFun.com called Manufactoria. Manufactoria is a puzzle game about putting robots in their proper place. Using conveyor-belts, ‘pullers’ and ‘pushers’...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Feb 20, 2015 | Listen and Learn!, Podcasts
Are you into listening and consuming podcasts? If the answer is no, it is not surprising. While podcasting has had a steady audience over the past few years, Pew Research estimates that the number of those that have listened to a podcast actually decreased in 2013....
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Feb 18, 2015 | Google, Google Apps for Education, GoogleFest 2014 in Eureka
Tech-savvy teacher friend Rob “Rocket Rob” Reynolds from the Eureka Public Schools has announced that Eureka, Montana will once again host a GoogleFest on March, 27, 2015, in beautiful Eureka, Montana! For those that have been past readers of our blog, I...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 13, 2015 | Keep Kids Coding!
This week in Keep Kids Coding, Kiki turns her attention back to a more elementary site from CSisFun, Magic Pen. That said, you will find that 5 through 125 year olds will enjoy the challenge set forth on this site. Your task is simple: Move the red ball to the flag....
