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Post-its and Ponderings: AR - Augmented Reality
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Saturday, April 26, 2014. AR - Augmented Reality. At the 2014 Annual CUE conference, I was introduced to augmented reality for the first time, Holy. Cow. Here are the augmented reality apps I am familiar with so far. This app allows you to create your own AR. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" Edition. Guinness Book of World Records. Want to make you own? Explore Aurasma the more hefty apps:. Dev for print images.
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Post-its and Ponderings: July 2014
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Friday, July 11, 2014. A few words on classroom organization. Like most teachers, I love teacher discounts. And office supplies. And containers. So, imagine my glee when I read about The Container Store's Organized Teacher's Summer Sweepstakes. Unfortunately, it seems that "A total of one winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received." but I'll write this post anyway.). Both local and specializing in ...
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Post-its and Ponderings: April 2014
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Saturday, April 26, 2014. AR - Augmented Reality. At the 2014 Annual CUE conference, I was introduced to augmented reality for the first time, Holy. Cow. Here are the augmented reality apps I am familiar with so far. This app allows you to create your own AR. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" Edition. Guinness Book of World Records. Want to make you own? Explore Aurasma the more hefty apps:. Dev for print images.
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Post-its and Ponderings: March 2014
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Sunday, March 16, 2014. Cardboard Arcade using MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Blog post under construction as of August 2014). From YouTube: Published on Apr 9, 2012. I went to buy a doorhandle for my car and met this 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad's auto parts store. He invited me to play. http:/ CainesArcade.com. Over $239,000 has been raised for Caine's Scholarship Fund! For programming and MaKey MaKey.
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Post-its and Ponderings: Embedding Slide Shows
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Monday, July 07, 2014. So, I just finished my science bike. Post I was surprised to learn that I could no longer embed a slideshow from an album. (Granted, I am a Flickr person and rarely deal with Picassa outside of the mandatory collections from this blog.). Luckily, this blog post. Provided a solution. The author writes:. With the migration to Google Plus Photos, this disappeared. Here's a work around. Tales of a 3D Printer. View ...
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Post-its and Ponderings: Tracking Classroom Software and Laptops
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Friday, December 13, 2013. Tracking Classroom Software and Laptops. We've all seen the tchotchkes emblazoned with inspirational quotes. Well, I live by the lesser known quote of "do something that amuses you every day," combined with the middle-school-teacher mantra: "Laugh so you don't cry." (btw: Did you know this has been scientifically supported. Hey, can I have Leghorn? I want to use KISSlicer! If you are interested. I used lami...
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Post-its and Ponderings: May 2014
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Saturday, May 03, 2014. Science Fair with Maker Flair (and AR! Every year for the night of the science fair, I create a program that contains a little map of the projects plus a list of all the student abstracts. On the front of the program, I print a Wordle. Made from the text of the collection of abstracts. You can see in the image below that this year's science fair had a distinct maker flair. 2) how the study was done; [METHODS].
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Post-its and Ponderings: Sewable Electronics in our Classroom
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Monday, June 16, 2014. Sewable Electronics in our Classroom. Blog post under construction, August 2014). It started with a workshop at Tech Liminal. Wearable Electronics, Soft-Circuits, e-Textiles, etc. Http:/ tinkering.exploratorium.edu/2014/01/06/tinkering-home-sewn-circuits. Http:/ tinkering.exploratorium.edu/sewn-circuits. How LEDs are made: https:/ learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-leds-are-made/all. Tales of a 3D Printer.
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Post-its and Ponderings: Cardboard Arcade using MaKey MaKey & Scratch
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Sunday, March 16, 2014. Cardboard Arcade using MaKey MaKey and Scratch. Blog post under construction as of August 2014). From YouTube: Published on Apr 9, 2012. I went to buy a doorhandle for my car and met this 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad's auto parts store. He invited me to play. http:/ CainesArcade.com. Over $239,000 has been raised for Caine's Scholarship Fund! For programming and MaKey MaKey.
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Post-its and Ponderings: Adafruit's Circuit Playground
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A middle school teacher's thoughts on science, technology and learning. Wednesday, January 01, 2014. Apparently, this has been around for a while, but it is new to me! Simplifies electronics reference and calculation so you can have more fun hacking, making, and building your projects! This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad. To go along with the app, Adafruit has started an educational YouTube series for kids. Here's Circuit Playground Episode 1: "A is for Ampere". Tales of a 3D Printer. I teach s...
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