Month March 2018

Maybe More Better Tech in Math & School?

Sigh. It’s tough to disagree with Fawn Nguyen. () She wrote, in particular: I want them talking and interacting more than anything! Learning mathematics is a social endeavor. Here’s my perennial classroom routine, “Turn and talk with your neighbor.” I…

Party On (Outlook), Garth!

So… say you wanted to have a party… but what’s the right time to have it?Office365 Outlook (free for all teachers & students!) will let you poll people to decide when’s the right time to meet. You need to use…

Say, can you see?

So there comes a time when you’re presenting (or you know, you’re old) and you want to zoom in on an area of the screen.   Press the Windows + Plus (+) on the keyboard to turn the built-in Magnifier…

Emojis … Windows Full Stop

You know that when you’re typing in any application (Word, Outlook, OneNote for example) you can press WINDOWS & PERIOD to pull up your Emoji keyboard. 👍 Click on the Magnifying Glass and you can type a word to quickly…

Reading is FUNdamental-ly EDGEy

So sitting at lunch the other day, one of my colleagues was muttering about all the reading she had to do for a course and wished she could buy audiobooks for all of her readings. Well, I stuck my nose…