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  • Summer Reading Book Review: “Two Heads” by Uta Frith, Chris Frith and Alex Frith

    Summer Reading Book Review: “Two Heads” by Uta Frith, Chris Frith and Alex Frith

    Read this review of “Two Heads” to see how you can explore the science of social cognition through breezy text and fun illustrations.
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    Aug 11
    Accessibility Starts at the Syllabus

    Accessibility Starts at the Syllabus

    A syllabus can be many things: an explainer, an itinerary, a calendar. Accessibility makes it welcoming to everyone.
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    Jul 28
    Summer Reading Book Review: “Skim, Dive, Surface” by Jenae Cohn

    Summer Reading Book Review: “Skim, Dive, Surface” by Jenae Cohn

    Read this review of “Skim, Dive, Surface” to discover how to best integrate digital reading into your classroom, virtual or otherwise.
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    Jul 14
    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Wolfram|Alpha

    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Wolfram|Alpha

    Welcome to “Four Things You Might Not Know About,” a series of posts on edtech tools and ways they can be used. Today’s tool: Wolfram|Alpha!
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    Jun 30
    Summer Reading Book Review: “Imaginable” by Jane McGonigal

    Summer Reading Book Review: “Imaginable” by Jane McGonigal

    Read this review of “Imaginable” to find ways to imagine a new futures, whether they’re in your classroom or the world beyond.
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    Jun 16
    How Computational Thinking Initiatives Can Help Your Students

    How Computational Thinking Initiatives Can Help Your Students

    The Computational Thinking Initiatives is a free online resource offering lessons for teaching students how to think computationally.
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    Jun 2
    TeachTok: A Brief Guide to TikTok

    TeachTok: A Brief Guide to TikTok

    A teacher prank war. Chrome extension advice. Answers about grad school. All that and more, on TikTok.
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    May 12
    Accessible Is Possible: All about Captioning

    Accessible Is Possible: All about Captioning

    Welcome to “Accessible Is Possible,” a series of tech tips to help you make learning more accessible. Today’s topic: captioning.
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    Apr 28
    Poetry through a Computational Thinking Lens

    Poetry through a Computational Thinking Lens

    Poetry is structured. Poetry is chaos. How does poetry connect with computational thinking?
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    Apr 14
    Accessible Is Possible: All about Accessible Text

    Accessible Is Possible: All about Accessible Text

    Welcome to “Accessible Is Possible,” a series of tech tips to help you make learning more accessible. Today’s topic: accessible text.
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    Mar 31
    Say Cheese!

    Say Cheese!

    For National Nutrition Month, it’s time to dig in to some tasty food data.
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    Mar 17
    Student Data Science Projects from the Wolfram India School 2022

    Student Data Science Projects from the Wolfram India School 2022

    Recently, Wolfram Research organized a virtual winter school in India. View students’ work on cryptocurrency, unemployment and more.
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    Mar 3
    Accessible Is Possible: All about Accessible Color

    Accessible Is Possible: All about Accessible Color

    Welcome to “Accessible Is Possible,” a series of tech tips to help you make learning more accessible. Today’s topic: color.
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    Feb 17
    Accessible Is Possible: All about Alt Text

    Accessible Is Possible: All about Alt Text

    Welcome to “Accessible Is Possible,” a series of tech tips to help you make learning more accessible. Today’s topic: alt text.
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    Feb 3
    Lessons Learned Migrating from Python to the Wolfram Language

    Lessons Learned Migrating from Python to the Wolfram Language

    A look at migrating from Python to the Wolfram Language.
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    Jan 20
    Computational Thinking in the New Year

    Computational Thinking in the New Year

    New year, new way of (computational) thinking.
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    Jan 6
    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Padlet

    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Padlet

    Welcome to “Four Things You Might Not Know About,” a series of short posts on edtech tools and ways they can be used. Today’s tool: Padlet!
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    Dec 23, 2021
    Census Data Explorations at the Wolfram Data Science Boot Camp

    Census Data Explorations at the Wolfram Data Science Boot Camp

    Exploring census data leads to fascinating insights.
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    Dec 9, 2021
    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Canva

    Four Things You Might Not Know about… Canva

    Welcome to “Four Things You Might Not Know About,” a series of short posts on edtech tools and ways they can be used. Today’s tool: Canva!
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    Nov 25, 2021
    Reforging the Math Curriculum through Computer-Based Math: An Interview with Craig Hane

    Reforging the Math Curriculum through Computer-Based Math: An Interview with Craig Hane

    Craig Hane, writer and math educator, shares thoughts on teaching and learning, Wolfram|Alpha and his math curriculum.
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    Nov 11, 2021
    Random Writing with WolfLang: Breaking Through Writer’s Block with the Wolfram Language

    Random Writing with WolfLang: Breaking Through Writer’s Block with the Wolfram Language

    The blank page, bane to any writer! Maybe Random functions can help.
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    Oct 28, 2021
    A New Way to Ask Wolfram|Alpha Questions with Math Input

    A New Way to Ask Wolfram|Alpha Questions with Math Input

    We are excited to talk about a feature we released this summer that we call Math Input.
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    Oct 14, 2021
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