Slate now has a Great Gatsby video game. It’s not incredibly detailed but symbolically fun.
Some of the tech world’s biggest successes began coding early. Here’s how to get your kid on that track — for free!
Buzzfeed is a wonderful combination of animal pictures, funny gifs, and the occasional incredibly useful article.
Five Essential Google Drive Skills For Teachers
Here’s one (click through for the rest):
4. Give Yourself More Room to Work in Google Documents.
If you’re using a laptop that has a screen of 13” or less there will probably be times when you want more white-space to work in. This little trick will give you about another inch of viewable document.
The Challenge of Grades and Grading in Education
A presentation dealing with both student and teacher perspectives of Grades.
Forbes Ranks Teaching as One of the Most Unhappy Jobs
Do you agree?
What can we do to change unhappy teacher perceptions?
What can I do (technology) to improve unhappy teachers?
Never fun to find your future career on the wrong end of a Forbes list. I’m really looking forward to reading some answers to those questions though.
Also from Edudemic, also wonderful.
Edudemic is pretty great.