by Meredith Martin | Mar 4, 2016 | Apps, Google Apps, How-To
While many people are familiar with Google Apps For Education and use tools such as Docs and Slides on a regular basis, not everyone is aware of the collection of professionally designed templates available for these tools. Even I tend to forget once in a while...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 1, 2016 | Google Apps, How-To, resources
Google’s dictation tool in Docs, Voice Typing, has just gotten even better. The new version not only takes dictation, but also allows for editing and formatting using voice commands. Check it...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 22, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, STEM
The past two weeks have been exceedingly exciting here in the STEM lab. We are starting our unit on the design process, and all of my classes have been doing the Ready, Set, Design! activity from the Cooper-Hewitt museum. Kevin Jarrett has been a great inspiration...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 22, 2016 | How-To, MakerEd, Science, STEM
Here’s a fun activity for younger students – Fizzing Watercolors! I needed a fun and simple activity for my self-contained classes, and this ended up being perfect. We made baking soda watercolor paints, and then dripped vinegar on the finished art to...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 19, 2016 | conference, How-To, MakerEd, Presentations, professional development, resources, STEM
On Friday I had an amazing day talking about Makerspaces and STEM with a wonderful group of educators at the NJPSA headquarters. Almost forty teachers, curriculum coordinators, and administrators spent close to six hours listening to me talk about the how and why of...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | Collaboration, hardware, How-To, MakerEd, STEM
I’ve been itching to do an Altoid tin project at some point, and at yesterday’s #HackSunday I finally had the chance! My buddy @danborghoff walked me through making an Altoid Tin Fume Extractor, a project from Make Magazine. This nifty little gadget uses...
