Ode to the 8-bit Classroom

The Origin Story In the summer of 2014 I received my very own classroom and became a teacher. I was excited to meet my third-graders in September. I was excited to exercise everything I had learned in my credential program at UCI. But one of the first things I had to do was decide what…

Samit’s Story

This content was threaded together by the @mrflowbot so that reading can flow more smoothly. If you’d like to try it, send a DM to @mrflowbot. You can read the original thread on Twitter here: @SamitSaini01 was a security officer at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) for 13 years. pic.twitter.com/nlXD4TwNOq — Mr.Dang(); (@8bitclassroom) January 13, 2019…

PhotoCUE: A Photobooth PowerApp and Flow

Background Before I was a teacher, I had done events photography. Besides the aesthetic aspect, the technical aspects of the art appealed to me. I put a lot of time in thinking improving the efficiency of my process. I was invested in the idea that an event is only as relevant as it is seen;…

“There’s NOT an app for that!” – Part 2

“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” There’s also no such thing as a free app. An app is free of a transactional cost as long as you trade away a few bytes of data about yourself. We’re all guilty of clicking the “Accept” button as soon as the dialog pops up asking us for permissions. And…