Digital Bytes – 12th December, 2016 – Holiday Edition

Santa Tracker Santa Tracker is a fantastic site by Google. In advent calendar style, each day a new activity gets uncovered. Present Bounce is a neat game, but there are also opportunities to learn about traditions and translations from other countries. Younger children will enjoy Santa Selfie, a Toca Boca style game where you give…

Digital Bytes – 3rd October, 2016

Resources for Teaching Empathy After a great twitter chat with educators from around the world last week, Kristin Ziemke, author of Amplify, collated resources to help teachers teach empathy to students. The resources are on a Padlet Hands-On Science Using Nature Works Sustainable Forestry, Ecosystem Interactions and the role of Nature and Clean Water are…

Digital Bytes – Christmas Edition – December 7th, 2015

With Christmas just around the corner, here are some fantastic gifts for those kids on your Christmas list. Also, this week is Week of Code where students are challenged to spend an hour writing code. Check out the amazing activities on Code.org or Khan Academy. Technology Will Save Us I really love the options available…

More Minecraft Musings

Want to know what our kids are capable of achieving in just over a week? Here are some photos to show you some parts of our world!  An aerial view of our world I believe this is a Spleef Arena (but will need to clarify!) Rain on our plane A flotilla of boats Our Minecraft…