Two classrooms use Skype and a series of questions to guess each other’s locations. Students can only ask “yes” or “no” questions and whichever class guesses the other’s location first wins. Find out how teachers are using technology to teach geography in the classroom at NPR.
In her new book All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership, Darcy Lockman shows that working mothers typically take care of 66% of the childcare and domestic responsibilities. Perhaps we should celebrate Mother’s Day more often.
Read or listen to the complete author interview at NPR.
Anxiety about dying batteries is the major trigger for “nomophobia,” or fear of being without a smartphone. WIRED analyzes this anxiety and offers coping strategies such as embracing your nomophobia by logging into Die With Me, a chat app you can only use when you have less than 5 percent battery.
“Meet WALL-E’s badass cousin, Colossus, a firefighting robot that helped turn the tide at Monday’s devastating fire at Notre Dame de Paris.
With the roof ablaze and threatening to bring the monumental building down, the Paris Fire Brigade withdrew its human firefighters and sent in one of its newest team members, a caterpillar-tracked tank-bot quickly becoming a firefighter’s best friend.
With its help, the firefighters extinguished the blaze and largely saved 850 years of history—and no civilians or firefighters were killed in the process.”
Read the entire article by Andrew P. Han at Popular Mechanics.
ArsTecnica helps you celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday with geeky gift ideas that will outlive flowers and chocolates. A few ideas include the Apple Watch, Fitbit Versa Lite, and some book recommendations.
it’s never too late to “become” yourself. Aristotle, for example, didn’t fully devote himself to writing and philosophy until he was nearly 50. The average age of founders of high-growth start-ups is 45. Harvard Business Review features a couple of authors that suggest you create a micromotive or a goal tailored to a specific activity that inspires you to bloom.
“The cost of a college education can be gigantic. But lots of times, all that money does little to equip students for right role once they’ve graduated. Too many of them are clueless about how to use their education correctly.” Find out how you can get your kids on the right educational path after high school. Read more advice at Forbes from Lewis Walker, a financial planning and investment strategist at Capital Insight Group.
Matthew S. Stenquist shares a first-hand look at how math is used in video game design. His shared experience at Quora might inspire your kids to get involved in the business. Read more at Forbes.
Rodney Robinson, who teaches civics to students in juvenile detention in Richmond, VA, wins 2019 National Teacher of the Year. Read more about how his mother inspired him to become a teacher and how he will focus on “economic and cultural equity” that will help all students achieve more and expand the racial diversity of teachers in the classroom. Read more at Education Week.
Check out www.brain-drool.jp, the 2019 Webby Award winner for website photo exhibition. The Webby Awards celebrates 529 people and websites that may inspire you to create and do more.