Digital Bytes 18 April 2016

The Top Google Updates in 2016 You’ll Want to Know About The folks at MakeUseOf have given us a great rundown on everything from Add-ons in Forms to new options in Image Search, with their overview on updates in 2016. Check out the blog post to get the full story! The Minecraft Generation Clive Thompson…

Digital Bytes – 18 January 2016

TED: The Year in Ideas 2015 Highlights of last year’s TED talks are categorised into groups such as, “This year, humanity dared to take bold steps forward,” and “We desired a brave new world… Straight out of science fiction.” The 2015 talks are just as incredible as previous years, so make sure you take a…

Digital Bytes June 8th, 2015

This week’s Digital Bytes has a number of great articles. There are a set of great templates for Google Slides presentations that include icons that can be manipulated in terms of size and colour.  Kick off your summer reading with 13 great Minecraft books for yourself and your students.  Finally, there is a fantastic article…

Digital Bytes February 23, 2015

This week’s focus is on reading and writing, including articles about enriching students’ creative writing skills with photography and using games like Mincraft to help your child with their reading. There is also a quick tutorial to help you learn how to delete those pesky untitled posts in your Google Site.

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…

Massively Misunderstood Minecraft

Overheard in the lab: “My Mum says she can’t believe UWC is offering a Minecraft activity. She says it’s a waste of time.”Me: <breathe> DM from @jplaman:   Me: <breathe> I guess it’s time! This blog post is proving hard to write. I have rewritten this paragraph about 14 times, mostly because I am trying…