Blurts

I seem to be on an anti-trend thing lately. I enjoy the excitement of the new, but struggle with implications of adding more and more.

Anyway, I am still a big fan of writing to learn (now often implemented as blogging) and I think it useful to highlight new posts or tools facilitating variations of this theme. Here is a recent presentation by Wes Fryer.

If you are a Chromecast owner, you may find this information page of value. Chromecast is really at the mercy of other companies, but it is a great product and I hope more companies add the feature to their app. The one limitation I have found is the demand placed on your wifi when tab casting (computer or tablet must both download and send data).

I find it interesting to identify educational trends. What topics seem to be receiving the most attention? Topics such as STEM, coding and making would be my nominees. I sometimes wonder if traditional goals fall out of focus because we require novelty. Have existing goals been satisfied or replaced?

What has happened to reading and writing? Are students or the rest of us reading and writing as much and as proficiently? This recent post on reading skills caught my attention.