Let’s play the DEI word search game!
I wish to thank the ASPDP for their contribution of the clichés used in this puzzle.
Guess What This Does!
13 May 2025 Leave a comment
Can you guess what this does? No?
It’s a student ID maker!
All for Mom
24 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in 3D design, 3D Printing, 993Q, art, plants Tags: mother's day
The students went to vasedjinn.com and created these models.
I imported them into TinkerCad to reduce the width of the walls and make a drainage hole. After printing and shipping them to the students, they painted them and then planted little plants inside.
Design Program at the District Office
24 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in design, desktop publishing, district office Tags: machine
The District 75 Office instituted a student-run program, “The Little Design Shop.” Look at all the interesting machines! I recognize the sewing machine (maybe!), but nothing else. Do you know what these machines do?
Yusuf?
23 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in AI Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Tags: wordcloud, yusuf
The question was “What’s your top concern when evaluating AI-powered educational tools?”…which is pretty softball. And the wordcloud was clearly generated via Microsoft. But in the top of the cloud, bigger than the term “progress” is “yusuf.” Who the heck is Yusuf and why is he in Microsoft’s AI word cloud?
Flushing Meadow Park
23 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in animals, Queens Tags: Corona, Flushing, Terrace, Zoo
A meeting at the New York Hall of Science, which means a walk through Corona Flushing Meadow park, which means a visit to the Queens zoo.
Comrade ISTE and the Equity Parade
23 Apr 2025 Leave a comment
in technology Tags: equity, ISTE
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has a technology review tool. Woke-ism at its finest.
The Devil with You!
19 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
While searching Adobe Express video content for a Passover movie, I used the search term “Jewish.” I was surprised (and disgusted) to see a 20-second clip of the word “Lucifer” slow burning in flames. Hmmm. Associating Jews with Satan? Middle Ages much?
Other “Jewish” videos included six seconds of a cross
The search time “Jew” returned a a ten-second video of a cross in a graveyard, as well as the flaming Lucifer again.
LEGO Robotics to 3D Prints
13 Mar 2025 Leave a comment
in 3D design, 3D Printing, accessibility, autism, code/coding, computer lab, developmentally disabled, Lego, robotics Tags: First Lego League, work flow
I made a work flow to convert the icons used in LEGO Spike and Essentials Robotics programs into 3D prints. The rationale is that some students will benefit from holding the blocks physically in their hands prior to moving them about in the coding programs.
Brooklyn Tech High School Summit
11 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, hallways, NYCDOE, technology Tags: Brooklyn Tech, Brooklyn Technical High School, Tech Summit
The 2025 NYCDOE Tech Summit was held in Brooklyn Technical High School.
I was speechless at the beauty.
Here are some images of the auditorium, the display cases, the hallways, cafeteria, etc
Fun fact: I got in to BTHS when I applied to the Stuyvesant test in 8th grade!
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