Category: Education
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Learning Flask with Corey Schafer
My Summer project is to finish an initial version of my Practice Math site for our kids. I’ve hit a bit of a snag with fractions, but the functionality for whole numbers is almost ready. The next step is to create a web site for the project so our kids can use the app through…
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An alternative to Israel’s expensive Microsoft licensing dilemma
Interesting article on OnMSFT: Israel, scared off by Microsoft subscription deals, won’t renew Office licensing agreements: Under the current deal with Microsoft, Israel pays about $27 million a year for Office on the desktop, Windows, and server software being used across the government. The ministry issued a bold statement, saying “This will also encourage government…
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Making sense of JavaScript array methods with Array Explorer
Sarah Drasner shared her awesome Array Explorer tool on Twitter the other day. It’s design is pretty simple, and yet a powerful way to learn JavaScript arrays.
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Parenting moments with shell scripting
I’m both fascinated by and borderline besotted with shell scripting (you know, all that command line stuff). It turns out my son is intrigued by what you can do from the command line, and it opens the door to some pretty cool parenting moments.
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Learning to code and the argument for bribing our kids to read
Our son’s new interest in learning to code prompted me to think about how I could link this hobby to persuading him to read more. In doing so, it seems to me that there is a strong argument to be made for bribery.
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The Periodic Table of Elements in pictures for your kids
Keith Enevoldsen’s “The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words” is a must for parents with kids in school. It is a terrific resource for kids learning chemistry.
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Ancient Hebrew texts emerges from the ashes
A group of scientists have collaborated to recover portions of the En-Gedi scroll, ancient Hebrew texts that were almost destroyed by fire over 1 700 years ago.
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A little project: Stuff to teach our kids
I started a little project yesterday called “Stuff to teach our kids” and it is basically a blog which I’m using to collate and share information about topics our kids ask me about.