Resource: Flip Your Class with Google Hangouts
Tutorial for using Google Hangouts to flip your class. Written by Keith Hamon and published on Fractus Learning.
Grades.io vs Google Drive (Spreadsheet)
The tagline for Grades.io is "a simple and beautiful way for teachers to manage their students, grades, and assignments online." Describing the application in a TechCrunch write up, Arlton Lowry, one…
Review: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore was written by Robin Sloan and published in 2012.
Synopsis
Set in San Francisco, unemployed twenty-something, Clay Jannon, finds work in a mysterious bookstore that rarely sells books and checks out encrypted texts to its members. With the help of friends at Google and in the startup community, Clay tries to unravel the mystery of the bookstore using data visualizations, natural language processing, and crowdsourcing.
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Review: House of Chains by Steven Erikson
House of Chains was written by Steven Erikson and published in 2002. Synopsis It's sort of like kids playing king of the hill, but in this case, the hill is…
Code to Joy: The School for Poetic Computation Opens
Written by Amy O'Leary and published by the NY Times Bits Blog.
Review: Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson
Memories of Ice was written by Steven Erikson and published in 2001. Synopsis Back in Genabackis, the supergroup of Dujek, Whiskeyjack, Caladan Brood and Anomander Rake wage war against the…