by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Feb 5, 2015 | Digital Design
Are you or your students working on digital projects with an eye on design? Let me ask… what font are you using? Font choice is often seen as an afterthought as opposed to pictures and other graphics. Often, default choices are used, or, worse, a...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jan 22, 2015 | Be Awesome!, Interviews, NCCE Members
We love Cheryl Steighner! As a third grade teacher in in Washington, she provides an excellent vision on how technology can be use to inspire and drive younger learners to be the tech-savvy students of today and tomorrow! We recently asked Cheryl to share with us...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jan 20, 2015 | Hour of Code, NCCE 2015 in Portland
Are you ready for NCCE 2015 in fabulous Portland, Oregon? We are so happy that we are adding a new topic to our very popular Make Your Future summit program on Gaming and Coding, featuring Doug Kiang and Kiki Prottsman. You may remember Kiki from our Hour of Code...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jan 19, 2015 | Bing, Microsoft, OneNote
The Bing in the Classroom program started a new partnership this week. In addition to providing daily lessons that work with the Bing image of the day, safe searching, and a points system that will let schools get free Surfaces, students can now learn OneNote and 21st...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jan 9, 2015 | Microsoft
Tried of the same old presentation styles and format? Head over the Microsoft Office Sway and get creative. Sway takes away the bells and whistles (and all those special effects that kids just love) and creates an environment that makes content the star of the show....