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Ed-Tech Chief Posits Five Innovation Questions for Schools - Marketplace K-12 - Education Week 5 crucial questions for schools.

The Window Socket: Harness solar energy from any window.

I adore this idea.  A simple, direct plug-in concept you can place on any window.  Not sure of its capability to efficiently power anything at the moment.  But let’s face it, solar technology will continue to advance in the coming years.  

"Everyone started somewhere" What was your first game console? And what was the game that you loved to play?

Math City! To play, students use one or two dice (depending on how much challenge they need). You roll, and then build towers equal to that number in any way you can. For example, if you rolled a five, you could just find a “5" space and build a tower of five blocks and be done. But you could also build a 2 and a 3 tower, or a 1 and a 4, and so on. The object of the game is to fill the entire board, and it’s a cooperative game (no one person can win, unless playing solo, it’s up to both players to help each other figure out how to fill the board). Obviously, it gets tougher as the city fills up. If students are playing with two dice, there is the possibility that they could end up with a “1" as the only empty space left, so I’ll make a rule that if that happens, they can just switch to one die and roll until they get it.

The Official Xbox Magazine let loose an enticing rumor earlier this morning. Allegedly, the free games for Xbox Gold Members for the month of August would be Crackdown and then Dead Rising 2 consecutively. Both critically acclaimed games would be a welcome addition to any gamer’s game library. Soon after, this rumor was confirmed via Microsoft. You can view that article in its entirety right here.

So, Gold Members (*cough* unintentional Austin Powers reference), down forget to download your free games on the 1st and 16th of August! You can check out all of the available free games in the link below.

FFVI: SUPLEX by Matt Cummings

"To this day, the fact that Sabin can suplex an entire train is the best thing in all of video games"