Realme has come up with all-new true wireless earbuds called Realme Buds Q2S. They are launched at affordable price of ₹1,999/- and are available for purchase at Amazon, Flipkart and Realme official website. They carry an identical design to previously launched Realme Buds Q2. These true wireless earphones come in various color options of Paper […]

Realme Buds Q2S

CrossBeats has launched its latest smartwatch in India and is called CrossBeats Ignite LYT. It is aimed for youngsters and offers a decent combination of both style and health. The smart watch comes in three different colors of Carbon Black, Zenith Gold and Sapphire Blue. It can be purchased online at Amazon and CrossBeats official […]

CrossBeats Ignite LYT

By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on Twitter @tdeprato Imagine you have had to evacuate your high school. Could you facilitate your classes and business processes without physically being in your building? If most of your infrastructure is  in a cloud based environment, odds are you can maintain business continuity without your building. You might […]

Run Self Hosted Tech Without Your School Building

By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on Twitter @tdeprato   Developing STEM and STEAM programs (Science Technology Engineering/Art Mathematics) is very exciting, but I have noticed recently there is a lack of cohesive standards to measure progress. Like many people, I am working on building a set of standards. Some are customized, and some […]

STEAM/STEM Core Skills

By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on LinkedIn Stress at the start of the school year is normal. I firmly believe that a positive start leads to a positive year. Here are some suggestions I like to give to people at the start of the year. What do you need to start the school year? […]

A Positive Start Matters

Plagiarism is serious issue for most high schools. It is rare to find a school without a detailed plagiarism policy. Most of these policies have a few tiers, because it is common for students to commit plagiarism more than once in their academic career.

When TurnItIn Fails

By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on LinkedIn NASA has a program for High School Students. Take a few minutes, and see if your students can participate. Be bothered. Be engaged.      All details can be reviewed with this link: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/stem/High_School_Aerospace_Scholars.html

NASA, Still Pretty Cool and Open for High School

This is just a quick public service announcement and one not too new. We have seen a number of postings on a local listserv that says that students have been accessing pirated movies on Google Drive. All you need to do is search Google Drive + Popular Movie Title and that is about it. Check […]

PSA: Google Drive and Pirated Movies

By: Tony DePrato | Follow me on LinkedIn Educational organizations are face with the constant influx of seemingly new technology. This creates pressure (even a demand) to review, to compare, to challenge, and often, to change. The business around software is not understood nor recognized by most educational institutions. Schools trust. Schools hope. Industry, generally, […]

Swimming in the Data Lake

Not too long ago, Google announced a bunch of really handy short URL’s that will let you create new types of files. I wrote about it here. For a quick refresher, here they are: docs.new = New Google Doc sheets.new = New Google Sheets slides.new = New Google Slides Now there is one more to […]

cal.new = A new Google Calendar Event