Category: <span>What I’m Learning</span>

What I'm Learning About: Remote Control Motion for iPhone & GoPro: Motrr Galileo

I’m intrigued by how this tool can be used for capturing learning. Galileo has many uses. It is an app-driven, motorized mount that lets you control the orientation of your iPhone or GoPro. It can be directly programmed to follow specific motion paths, or controlled remotely from most handheld devices …

What I'm Learning: How to automatically sort sheets in a Google Spreadsheet Alphabetically

I love it when someone else figures these kinds of things out and then shares them. function sortSheets () {  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();  var sheetNameArray = [];  var sheets = ss.getSheets();     for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {    sheetNameArray.push(sheets[i].getName());  }    sheetNameArray.sort();      …

What I'm Learning: How to automatically sort sheets in a Google Spreadsheet Alphabetically

I love it when someone else figures these kinds of things out and then shares them. function sortSheets () {  var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();  var sheetNameArray = [];  var sheets = ss.getSheets();     for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {    sheetNameArray.push(sheets[i].getName());  }    sheetNameArray.sort();      …

What I'm Learning: #studyblr is possibly the best community of students talking about studying. Ever.

I accidentally found this community of students all talking about their study habits and posting pictures of their experiences with studying on Tumblr. For some reason this feels really important. It feels as though it is something that we should all be looking at as educators to see just how …

What I'm Learning: There is a time and place for "Snark" – A Devil’s Dictionary of Education Terms

I find this kind of work to be both funny and sad. I hate that we have to be snarky about our educational work in order to get across the point of how unproductive some of our word choices are. However, I do find that sometimes it is valuable to …