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Making a Makerspace: The Physical Space is (relatively) Finished!
The last time I posted about our Makerspace, I had finished my first month of research and planning. I was just beginning to put together my “pitch” and share it with those who might be interested in supporting the effort. … Continue reading
My year in the Chrome Omnibox
Inspired by Karl Lindgren-Streicher‘s post, which was inspired by Jennie Magiera’s post, I decided to take the easy way out of 2013 blog posts by listing the website that came up with I typed each letter into the Omnibox on Google … Continue reading
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Making a Makerspace: Peek Inside My Plans
On October 1st I started on my efforts toward creating a set of Makerspaces in our school district. I immediately jumped into visiting the d.school at Stanford, collecting every book I could on the topic, and applied to attend the … Continue reading
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Allow others to upload to your Google Drive without a Google Account!
I’m super excited right now because I solved a problem that I didn’t think would have an easy answer. No, not running Flash sites on a Raspberry Pi, although I do think that is solvable too. We wanted to be … Continue reading
Oh no… wait, phew! (“Undo Send” in Gmail)
Quick post, but one it quickly seems I should share because of the immediate replies and favorites on Twitter… I was about to send an email. A business email, in fact. A business email to someone at one of the … Continue reading
The EduGlass Saga Continues… (Thank You to EduGlass Supporters!)
As some of you know, I went to bed on Friday with $69 left to raise in my quest to get to two-thirds of the total cost (with tax) of Glass sponsored rather than shipping Glass back to Google. I … Continue reading
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Into the box or… (The final Glass post?)
I’m off to bed (after catching up on The Daily Show), with $69 left until I reach the goal I’ve set of 66% funding by the end of the week. Since there is technically 54 mins left until the end … Continue reading
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24 hours… Glass or No Glass?
Five days ago, I thought up the idea of getting sponsors to allow me to keep Glass for use in classrooms across East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Unfortunately, I had already made the request to get the box to … Continue reading
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Expanding the Use of Tech in the Classroom
As I began to think about my attempt to gain sponsors for Glass, it made me think about an infographic (at the bottom of this post) that came my way a few months ago. I especially started to think about … Continue reading
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Glass in the Classroom?
Before I receive my box from Google to return Glass, I wanted to put out this request to the Interwebs: Is there anyone willing to sponsor my continued ownership of Glass for educational purposes? First, the reason for returning. I … Continue reading
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attempts at using tech effectively in education 