3D Printing Adventure Stories: Better Chess Pieces The students like to play chess. So, we naturally figured 3D printing some in case of emergencies would be a good idea. There are 6 unique pieces on the board and millions of possible chess combinations. Several people play chess online and in person. Maybe the movie sparked Read More
One Problem With Financial Literacy In Schools We believe in teaching financial literacy, and that is one topic we cover at the Glad Academy in the summers. So, by no means do we want to eliminate financial literacy from schools. We DO want educators to think responsibly about introducing the topic because doing so hastily Read More
Here, @RyTolan interviews Mychal Thompson. He studied Information Systems and Technology and has worked as an analyst, business process reengineering, quality assurance, automation and software testing. He has worked with such companies as Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen Hamilton and ZipRecruiter. In his professional journey, he has taken up learning Python on his own to help Read More
There are some major differences between being in class in person versus online. One major one is the assumed responsibility students have to do the assigned work when at home in front of their own computers. As an instructor, you may want to give your students some guidance for making the most of online learning. Read More
The California 3rd grade math standard suggests that scholars should be “developing understanding of multiplication and division and strategies for multiplication and division within 100.” The California 2nd grade math standard says nothing about multiplication or division. Times tables have long been a major obstacle of unsuspecting scholars going into the third grade…but they do Read More
From our Glad Academics Principal: It was refreshing to hear Sal Khan, creator of Khan Academy, speak fluently about transforming education as his company continues to scale larger. Below are ONLY five crucial thoughts that came to my mind during this time: Simply communicating is not enough; you must still translate. A student may be Read More
