6 Ed Tech Tools To Try Out
TeachersEducationTeacher CafeTechnologyThese are six hand-picked resources for teachers that deserve more attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but each one brings something special to the classroom.
Livestreams and Dynamic Video Content Engage and Inspire Students
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationIdeas for Live streaming, Skype in the classroom and Virtual reality in one quick article by Meghan Bogardus Cortez. With so much happening with EdTech in classrooms, this short article has great ideas to get started.
What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves?
AdultsConstructionScienceTechnology...Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements, bridges that span vast rivers and the tallest skyscrapers on earth.
How BYOD Programs Can Fuel Inquiry Learning
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyWriting..."Instead of this just being a technology initiative, it really is an instructional initiative, so all of us from different departments can get on the same page." (Tim Clark, coordinator of instructional technology of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia).
5 Myths About Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
TeachersEducationTeacher CafeTechnology...With every new method of teaching comes new issues and in turn solutions to those issues. Here are five myths of teaching in a virtual classroom all of which bring new ideas and approaches to learning.
Optimizing Google Classroom For The Way You Work
TeachersEducationTeacher CafeTechnology...As education evolves, so do the needs of students and teachers. Google Classroom has updated Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything.
What's a smartphone made of?
AdultsEnvironmentTechnologyGadgets...As of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper.
What Do Raindrops Really Look Like?
AdultsScienceTechnologyNatureWhat do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically impossible. This week I went inside a vertical wind tunnel to bring you the true shape of rain.
This Toy Can Open Any Garage
AdultsCybersecurityData ScienceTechnologyOr almost any garage - it's particularly good with fixed code gates and garages. Samy proposes other weaknesses with rolling codes.
How We Could Build a Moon Base TODAY
AdultsScienceSpaceTechnologyDid you know that we could start building a Lunar Base today?
How iPhone Changes the Smartphone Market Every Year
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyThe launch of Apple's iPhone X brought face recognition, animoji, and the notch into the mainstream. Many of these features appeared before Apple incorporated them into their phone, but once Apple does it everyone seems to follow along.
Bird Taking Off at 20,000 fps
AdultsFilmTechnologyAnimalsIts incredible how many things you can learn from having a camera like this.
Primitive Technology: Iron prills
AdultsHistoryTechnologyNature...Primitive Technology: Iron prills - Creating Iron prills from scratch
How Black Panther's Visual Effects Were Made | WIRED
AdultsFilmTechnologyVisual DesignDaryl Sawchuk, Visual Effects Supervisor for Method Studios and Animation Supervisor for Black Panther, gives WIRED an exclusive look at breakdowns of the digital Black Panther and Kilmonger suits, and the final fight scene of Marvel's mega-blockbuster.
Is Drifting Really Fast and Furious?
AdultsScienceTechnologyAutomotiveVin Diesel and the rest of the Fast and Furious family have taught us that drifting is the fastest way around turns, but are they actually wrong?
Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Cement
AdultsNatureTechnologyDIY...Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Cement - Creating wood ash cement from scratch