by Meredith Martin | Aug 10, 2016 | Chromebooks, Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
I’m in Fresno, CA right now, having spent yesterday training another district on GAFE. As I promised, I’m sharing the digital resources from the presentation, as well as some of my other Google resources. Please feel free to use and share. Workshop...
by Meredith Martin | Aug 7, 2016 | 3D Printing, conference, How-To, MakerEd, Presentations, professional development, resources, STEM
Here are the resources from my Gear Up sessions on 3D Design and Printing in Education and on Design Thinking in...
by Meredith Martin | May 20, 2016 | Google Apps, How-To, professional development
Have you seen Google Spaces? This is an awesome new tool from Google that seems to be a hybrid between Google Classroom and Google Groups. It shares Classroom’s great visual interface with Groups’ availability to anyone, even outside of a GAFE domain....
by Meredith Martin | May 19, 2016 | Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development
I am exceedingly excited by the latest update to Google Slides that introduces Presenter View. Check out the awesome tools now available, including a virtual laser pointer and interactive audience...
by Meredith Martin | May 12, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
Today’s fun experiment in the STEM Lab: making homemade gummy worms! Once I heard about this activity, I could not wait to try it out. It’s fairly easy, and requires only a few ingredients. Like the homemade bouncy ball lesson, this activity also deals...
by Meredith Martin | Apr 15, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
A few weeks ago I introduced my two special needs classes to the wonders of polymers with homemade slime. We had a ton of fun with it, and one of the teachers requested that we next try making homemade bouncy balls. After some quick searching for a recipe and a run...
