How can we get kids into coding early? Scratch is a super exciting resource that lowers the skill floor for coding, removing barriers to entry by making coding easier to understand, and therefore easier to do. My experience using scratch was very encouraging, as coding has been something I’ve dreamed …
I have the incredibly good fortune of being the go-to tutor for a wonderful family with two boys, one in middle school and the other in high school. Luckily, they also have a daughter in elementary that I haven’t had the pleasure of working with until just recently. For the …
Chapter 5 of The Power of Habit applies heavily to the field of education. It discusses the development of a man named Travis who had dropped out of high school. His childhood was defined by a heroin addict for a father and relentless bullying in school. By the time he …
Speaking for myself, visuals are often critical when it comes to achieving understanding. I struggled greatly in maths and chemistry until I found resources on YouTube that had well-presented visuals. A couple examples of outstanding channels with a focus on visual aid for learning are Khan Academy and NancyPi. Of …
Learning about habits has been an exciting experience, and learning about the limitations of designing habits has been a humbling one. Undoubtedly, I need to refine my awareness of habits and the skills required to overwrite them. It has been difficult enough to work with habits for myself, let alone …
If I had the ability to go back in time and adjust the education I received in one way, I would introduce a Makerspace without hesitation. Though I’m told I had an early talent for tinkering, it wasn’t well nurtured. I started gaining experience in crafty endeavors relatively recently, mostly …
In hindsight, I should have seen this coming. I felt that the new wake-up habit I had engineered would be solidified after more than a week of use. It was starting to feel somewhat autonomous, so I thought I could return my alarm to its previous resting place. This morning …
Being able to capture a video of your screen is an incredibly valuable tool, especially so for education. The use of computers has become a foundational tool for almost every field of work, and a necessary skill for navigating modern life. Screencastify is a simple screen capture web extension that …
The concept of using artificial intelligence to stitch a simulated face onto another, allowing one to don another’s identity, sounds like a fictional concept from a high-tech Lovecraftian horror. However, we find ourselves in a world where this is not only a serious concern, but a rapidly progressing reality. The …
So much of what we do is governed by subconscious interactions in our brains. While reading The Power of Habit, I’m becoming aware of so many actions left to my subconscious, as well as what is compelling my subconscious. The focus of this reflection is currently my morning routine. I …