Deb Norton Tech

Links and Loves This week we focused on self-care during our collaboration time.  I hosted an activity to explore the use of 3D pens. There was creativity and fun had by all! Here are a few pictures .  Google Sites has an update that allows for collapsible text boxes. Check it out here! Computer Science week and Hour of Code is just a month away!   Perhaps this collection of 40 sites to learn how to code might be a useful resource.  Students in one of our English classes created blackout poetry and their poems were displayed on the wall. I love this creative activity. Here is a post and video on how to create blackout poetry on a Google Doc . This 8 minute video on Bias in Algorithms for facial recognition was really interesting and eye opening! I highly recommend watching this. What I'm Reading I finished the novel, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine . It took awhile for me to get into this book, but now that I'm finished, I'm so glad I stuck with it

Happy November Everyone ! I can't believe we have snow on the ground in Wisconsin already! ! Links and Loves This week I had the pleasure of visiting my colleague, Kathleen, at South Park Middle School to see a demonstration of ClassVR .  This type of program will provide rich and interesting opportunities for students in many content areas. I was very impressed with the headset and how easy it was to use. I had some fun with a new app called Patternator . Check out my post on Instagram. Trust me, it's worth a look! This week I had an opportunity to show some colleagues the Nearpod app . There are many features that impress me. The teacher can add 360° images, 3D models, a Desmos calculator, Phet interactives along with various types of interactive ways to check for student understanding, all in a lesson designed in Google Presentations.  This video is one of the best I've seen about inclusive education with a powerful analogy to