Kevin Brookhouser

The Syrian Journey York Schools Immigration Project Create a tip calculator app using Google Sheets.   Create a quiz app using branching logic and Google Sites.  Hour of Code with Frozen. Pencilcode.net Android App Inventor

Android App Inventor android.kevinbrookhouser.com 1. Go to and bookmark       ai2.appinventor.mit.edu 2. Start a new project     "grumpyapp" (no spaces or symbols) 3. Drag a button into your screen 4. Make the button this image. 5. Download these MP3 files.   meow  and  hiss . upload it as a new sound in App Inventor. 6. If you have an Android device, get the  A12 Companion App for Android  and c onnect your Android to the computer. 7. If you don't have an Android device, get this  chrome app  and install  this apk .  8. Go to "Blocks" and create this. MITs Android App Inventor Get the App! Connect Android Device to Computer over WIFI Get the Moto E Animal Dashboard Video bit.ly/ARC_Welder_Chrome You need this cat. Right click [save image as]. And you need the meow at the bottom of this page. Hello Purr Instructions Magic 8 Ball Instr...

arduino.kevinbrookhouser.com If you're interested in bringing coding or making or both into your classroom, you should definitely get started with Arduino. With a very small investment, you can get started. Here's an Amazon shopping list with the components I've used to build my Arduino on the Road kit. With just a little bit of training, my students have used Arduino to make art projects, museum exhibits, and robots coding in C++.  Materials Arduino Uno board (or fake Arduino Uno board ) Breadboard Jumper wires LEDs 220 Ohm resistors Computer (Mac, Windows, Linux preferred). If you have a chromebook, we can still get you started.  Get your computer ready MacOS, Windows, Linux Download the IDE Chromebooks Get the Chromebook App (paid) Design your board without a board Use tinercad Set up the board Set up your board following the drawing below. To protect your hardware, please observe the following tips. Only wire th...

If your Google account happens to be one of the billion Internet passwords The New York Times just reported to have been amassed by a Russian gang, then your docs, your mail, and your puppy photos are in the hands of a ... well ... Russian gang. Unless you have 2-Step Verification turned on. We have no idea if any of these passwords are actually Google accounts, but really it makes no difference. The password system for proving that you are you is completely broken. Almost all passwords are weak even when websites say they're strong. If your password doesn't look like this ... 8.;=>#qH->8'6Mv  ... it's weak. If it does look like that, then it's only secure as long as the Russian gang or any other hacker hasn't stolen it. So far, the best way to protect your accounts is to use 2-Step Verification . With 2-Step, access to your account requires not only something you know (password), but also something you have (your phone). After you have it tur...

Maddie spent her #20Time spreading awareness about how buying clothing from thrift stores is smart, green, and rebellious. Watch this amazing young woman pitch her case in her #20Time Talk. The new book, The #20Time Project  is coming out in October. Sign up for your copy here. Loading...

This morning I launched the 20Time Kickstarter project. Please help back this project here.  http://kck.st/1m5iPii

Later this month I plan to launch a Kickstarter campaign for a book I will finish this summer. The working title is The 20 Time Project: How educators and parents can follow Google's formula for supercharged innovation . Before I actually launch the campaign, I'm looking for pre-backers so when I do go live, the Kickstarter page isn't sad and lonely. For a $15 pledge, you will get a copy of the book (signed or unsigned depending on whether you want my ink on it). For more, you will get more. Here are my commitments: May 1 launch Kickstarter Campaign June 1 close Kickstarter Campaign with at least $3,000 raised July 1  draft finished September 1 send book to publisher (I plan to distribute the book on my own, through the Kindle store, and through Amazon) October 1 ship books and rewards to backers  Some of you can expect to hear from me directly, so beware. If you're willing to be a pre-backer, please let me know in the comments, through email (brookhous...