Brian HousandHere is his Austin presentation site.
Nerd : Someone who is passionate about learning, being smart or academia. Geek: Someone who specializes in an area of nerdom. Nerdfighters: Don't forget to be awesome.:DFTBA |
Visible Thinking
321 Bridge. 3 Words, 2 Questions, 1 Metaphor Great warm up for meetings. Have teachers list 3 words on any given topic and put them in a Google Form. From there, it can be copied into a Wordle. |
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Bethany MotaHigh School Kid talking about fashion online. Now has a fashion line. Her videos have been viewed over a billion times. Making about 40,000 per month on those videos.
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Avery Miller12 Year Old App Developer
Here is his video on Here and Now |
Content Livebinder. |
Wonderopolis |
GeoGuessr |
Content is King. Advanced Content Resources Livebinder.
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The site asks a question every day and then explains the answer via video, audio and text. You can embed it in your website so students can access it at home.
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Drops you in places and you have to figure out where you are.
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TED EdTeachers can submit lesson and TED matches you up with an animator to animate your lesson. You can also take any of the already developed lessons and customize them for your students.
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Ted ED ClubsTED-Ed Clubs is a flexible, school-based program that supports students in discussing, pursuing and presenting their big ideas in the form of short TED-style talks. Watch the video or explore the stories below to learn more.
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Periodic Table of Almost Everything except elementsJust for fun!!!
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Superheroes
Digital Narratives
What is Color? DIY competition
Hot Shots Photographic Teaching Students to use the power of photography. Fabulous video that combines doodling, voice overs and fast motion: http://goo.gl/oh5d7a Dan Meyer's 101 Questions |
Book REcommendationEd Catmull, President of Pixar and Disney - Creativity Inc.
"Imposing limits can encourage a creative response." Flickr 5 Frames:Photo 1: Establish characters and location
Photo 2: Create a situation with possibilities of what might happen Photo 3: Involve the characters in the situation Photo 4: Build to probable outcome Photo 5. A logical but surprising ending |
Computer programming
Fail Early, Fail Fast: Mantra of Pixar
Be Wrong as Fast as You Can Perfection Leads to Procrastination Leads to Paralysis The Future Belongs to Those Who Code |
Check the bottom of Brian's Austin Presentation Site for Code Resources.
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