Here are some various educational handouts and blog posts elsewhere I’ve created over the past year, in case you find any of them useful: Handouts / Google Docs: Resources for Teaching Elementary School Kids Coding and Robotics – as part…
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Teaching and Technology Related Handouts & Posts from the Last Year
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Posted in children, edtech, education, embodiment, games, learning sciences, opensource, simulations, software, teaching, technology
Posted in children, edtech, education, embodiment, games, learning sciences, opensource, simulations, software, teaching, technology
Fixing Calculus Courses
After doing midterm semester surveys and observations in several calculus courses, I compiled a list of suggested resources and strategies for improving student performance in calculus. I also posted this to the POD list along with a little more background on…
Developing Interactive, Scalable HTML5 Apps on the Cheap: Serverless, Unhosted, No Backend, BAAS, PAAS, Oh My
I’ve written before how HTML5 is the platform of the future for developing interactive educational apps, and you can even develop (code) in your browser (or chromebook) now. Well, the future is here, and HTML5 is still looking to be the best…
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Posted in drupal, html5, opensource, programming, software, technology
Posted in drupal, html5, opensource, programming, software, technology
ContentNotEditable: What the “death” of the mouse and keyboard means for content creators
First let me start with some disclaimers to try to make sure this post is not misinterpreted: I am not arguing that the mouse and keyboard are really dead or that the lack of a mouse on tablets is a…
A Snapshot of the HTML5/Javascript Universe
This is a follow-up to “What’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical Educational Software?“, which I argued is HTML5, especially since java applets and flash don’t work or aren’t well supported on mobile and emerging tablet platforms…
Setting Up and Maintaining Netbooks/Laptops with K-12 Students
I currently have a small set of netbooks with Ubuntu Netbook Remix (download) installed that I use for various projects. If I were to set up a classroom netbook/laptop cart for a K-12 class or a school-wide 1-to-1 netbook/laptop program,…
Browser-Based IDEs (programming environments)
As I wrote about earlier, HTML5 (Javascript, Canvas, WebGL, etc.) is allowing people to create rich, interactive applications that run in your browser and don’t require flash or java. Cloud computing (such as Google App Engine and others) and AJAX…
Need Much Much More “D” in Education R & D
I already blogged about this matter 3 years ago in a post entitled “The State of Educational Research & Development.” But a few recent things made me think of it again: @newsweek tweeted for us to tell them our thoughts…
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What’s the Platform of the Future for Developing Interactive Graphical Educational Software?
So, what is the platform of choice for folks who want to create interactive graphical educational software (see for example all the stuff at PHET and NLVM). Currently, there are two primary options: Flash and Java Applets. I’m not covering…
Misconceptions about Design
Design is the process of going from function to structure. There is some purpose, or goal, or effect on the environment desired (a function), and structures are created or organized to achieve that function. See more about structure-behavior-function models of…
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