This research study presents the observations that women leave engineering because of group dynamics and negative experiences working in teams. I also heard Caroline Paul on Tim Ferris’ podcast around the same time that I… Read more »
Unglue is a new tool that allows parents to set controls on children’s use of devices. The idea is that parents set limits on social media and entertainment sites and… Read more »
My Simple Show seems like a great new website for creating a video. The platform guides users through four steps: Draft– upload a PowerPoint file from your computer (max. 20… Read more »
What is COPPA Thirteen seems to be a magic number for children to create and access accounts on the Internet. This is due to the Child’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),… Read more »
Do you ever feel a bit freaked out about what the Internet knows about you? Do advertisements ever seem to be too well targeted to you? Do you want to… Read more »
Digital citizenship is not about the tools, it’s about …? Yesterday, a few colleagues and I spent some time discussing teaching digital citizenship to elementary school students. Much of the conversation… Read more »
When I started working at ISP in August 2013, my office was in a small room in the elementary school, between the PK3 classroom and the elementary staff room. I… Read more »
If you listen to news, you probably heard about a number of data breaches last year. Companies like Linkedin, Yahoo, Adobe, and Dropbox where all hacked, with user information being… Read more »
Facebook is still the most popular social network for teens. My (unscientific) research done by talking to teens about their use of Facebook reveals that they still use Facebook in… Read more »
Despite the fact that computer science week is over, all the resources for Hour of Code are still available, and can be used at any time. Here are some favorites:… Read more »