- TED Talks Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
My Weekly Bookmarks
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Google Docs gets updated
I'm excited about some of the changes made to Google Docs:
- Editing is now "real-time", so no more lags between collaborate editing.
- The Docs editor now gets a ruler and improved editing features to make it even more of a Word alternative.
- And lastly, Google Docs now has a Drawing module that may eventually be good enough to use for creating programming flowcharts.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
My Weekly Bookmarks
- A great site for searching all of Craigslist.
- On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It's free, legal and unlimited.
- Would be a good place to download audio tracks to accompany photo slideshows.
Saturday, April 03, 2010
My Weekly Bookmarks
- An excellent set of programming challenges.
- "Here are some reasons why grades should be abolished..."
- First paragrah: "While it is true that I am required by the Province of Alberta and my school district to reduce my students learning to a letter grade on the report card, which I continue to comply with, I have abolished grades from my classroom because there really is no good reason to grade..."
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