A teacher from 721K (or was it 721Q?) demonstrated how to use a flat panel interactive white board to make some lovely Calder-esque art!
Metric conversion, 2020
05 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in math, Useful Information Tags: kidney beans, metric
By this time, most conversions between metric units (grams, etc) and regular, i.e., American standard, units (ounces, etc) are pretty well established.
So how is it that Trader Joe’s and Urban Meadow’s brands have different conversions?
This can of TJ beans and this can of Urban Meadow Beans have the same serving size (130 grams) yet different cup amounts! TJ converts 130 grams into 3/4 cup, while UM converts 130 grams into 1/2 cup. That is a difference of 50%!
So which is correct? It is not so simple. According to this online-calculator.org, 130 grams equals .55 cups of water, which is very close to the 1/2 cup mark, but only .38 cups of honey and over a cup of flour.
And what about canned beans?
According the the USDA , 1/2 cup of kidney beans is only 117 grams (not 130)
And according to the Bush’s, the venerable baked beans company, 1/2 cup is 130 grams.
What do you think? Have you seen confusion when it comes to bean serving size conversion?
But What Do You REALLY Think?
27 May 2020 Leave a comment
in Covid 19, Workshops Tags: suckiest, sunuvabitch
Perhaps she had a bad night’s sleep? Perhaps the coffee spilled this morning all over the keyboard? Maybe the deep baritone of my voice just brought out the honesty for once?
For whatever reason, here are two participants’ opinions about my workshop Nearpod vs Peardeck Round 2: This Time It’s Personal.
Caution: Mean words and bad language ahead.
Pilots over lunch
28 Apr 2020 1 Comment
in Brooklyn, Covid 19 Tags: airplanes, Blue Angels, Thunderbirds
I took a social distance lunch break to my corner, to watch the fancy pilots do their stuff.
Hacked!
27 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in Covid 19, Uncategorized Tags: hacked, meet-bombing
Dear OOTTC,
It finally happened! A PD I was giving this morning — Digital Art, Digital Music for D75 Teachers and Students — was rudely interrupted by a private caller who yelled curses, profanities, expletives, and [additional synonym for cursing here].
Trying to mute and/or eject the “Google Meet-bomber” was like playing the wack-a mole- game…each eject brought him/her back in again.
Finally, a participant in the workshop, who works for DIIT said to shut it down, which we did. It was going so well though…
Workshop is rescheduled for later on in the week!
A Computer Lab at Q277 at 311
18 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in 277Q, computer lab Tags: flippity, google sheets
Would you just look at these photos? Headphones stored nicely; students working with google sheets and pixel art; some code.org dance party; flippity.net on the iPad to keep things random; and a bit o’ Mr. Doob javascript fun at the end!
Last one:
Shout out to teacher Peter Wang for making it look easy!
Ghost Town
18 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in Covid 19
It is almost a ghost town here in the district office. Of the original STEM team, I am the only technology coach here today (out of three), and there is only one math coach (out of four), and two science coaches (out of two). So science wins.
Boss is also out.
You Can’t Spell “Virtual” without “Vir(us)”
16 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in Covid 19, technology Tags: blended learning, coronavirus, Kung Fu, master practitioner, remote learning
Anyway,
I saw an online seminar entitled “NYCDOE: Rapid Transition to Online Learning,” which may offer sound guidance during this interesting time of school closure. Best part is that the webinar was developed by “21 Blended Learning Master Practitioners.” I can just picture them now…..
Let’s count: one, two, three, ..twenty two. (Very close for a random Google image I think.)
Stop Motion Movie
12 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
Finally, a video that answers the age-old question of whether aliens can keep snakes as pets.
Thank you Christine for sharing this stop-motion video you made with the Stop Motion Studio Pro app during the iPad Movies workshop yesterday.
UFT=Universal Fount of Thoughtfulness
12 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in UFT Tags: coronavirus, UFT
Lest it be said that the UFT was not doing its part to acknowlege the potential transmission of coronavirus among its constituents, representatives came to the district office to HAND-DELIVER the most important part of any self-care regimen: a tiny bar of hand soap.
Who needs Purell when Bergman Kelly is around? I would like to think that our union representatives did not take the easy way out by buying 200 of these sundries online for $43.69 …
…but rather went to the Motel 6 in Elizabeth, NJ and stayed for as many nights as it takes to collect the requisite number of toiletries to keep us all safe.
