Category: Life Musings
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Video Intro of Google Apps for Education
If you are interested in an introductory lesson or how-to on the Google Apps for Education, the video below is a pretty good starting place. The video covers the basics of Google Mail, Calendar, Docs, and a couple others.
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Free and Engaging Presention Tools
I subscribe to a blog called Class Tech Tips and although not every email I receive has a golden nugget of information in it, more often than not, there is a precious piece of info that makes the subscription worthwhile. The most recent nugget from Monica at Class Tech Tips was about seven free AND…
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Video About pi-topCEED
A quick video to show a little more about my new pi-topCEED –
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The pi-top CEED Tech Specs
I did a little research into the tech-specs of my new pi-top CEED and here they are: Raspberry pi 3 A 1.2GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53p 1GB LPDDR2 RAM 4 USB ports 40 GPIO pins Full HDMI port Ethernet port 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1 (Bluetooth Classic and LE) Combined 3.5mm audio jack and…
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The Accidental Chromebook Onscreen Keyboard
If you, like many other Chromebook users have been experiencing the joy of having an onscreen keyboard open when you do NOT want it to, there are a couple of options to change it. One method; sign out of the Chromebook (bottom right of the screen) and then click shut down on the bottom left…
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pi-top CEED
After a loooooong wait, my pi-top CEED has finally arrived and is on my desk. When I first opened the box for the pi-top CEED, I was a little nervous. I am a computer user – not a hardware tinkerer. There in front of me was a box of parts. Yikes. So I opened the…
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Swift; the Apple Coding Language
Technology has a language. It’s called code. And coding is an essential skill. Learning to code teaches you how to solve problems and work together in creative ways. Not only does it help you solve problems, coding lets you build apps that bring your ideas to life. The BC government and many even teachers (I…
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Is the Problem Excessive Speed or Distracted Driving?
In the relatively short time that my family has lived in Coquitlam there have been serious motor vehicle collisions at the corner of Como Lake Ave and Gatensbury that have resulted in cars or trucks landing in the front yard of homes on each of the four corners of the intersection. The most recent collision…
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Coding Without Computers
Contrary to what many people believe, you CAN teach coding without computers. In fact, what you may not realize is that you may have been doing coding in your classroom without even knowing it! Code dot org has compiled a list of their unplugged lessons for you to use in your classroom. You can use the…
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Updating Your Chromebook OS
While Chromebooks do not have programs or apps loaded directly on them, they do have and use the Chrome operating system and it is does occasionally require an update. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo above you can see the upwards pointing arrow – that is the indicator to say you need…