Padlet is no longer free! :-(

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On a 🙁 note and as an FYI in case you haven’t heard yet- Padlet is no longer a free service.  🙁  🙁  🙁

Teachers can still create three free “pads” with unlimited posts (and will include advertisements), but anything beyond the three “pads” now costs $99.00 year (and will be ad-free).

If you’re a big Padlet user, now might be a good time to consider switching to Google Docs or Slides for collaborative work.  The look is different (although there are similar templates available), but it’s free and can accomplish many of the same goals.  Let me know if you’d like some ideas or have any questions.

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Celebrate Pi Day (3.14)

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Celebrate Pi Day (3/14)

Kahoot:  Pi Day Trivia Game

Did you know that physicist Albert Einstein was born on 3.14 (in 1879)?

So was Simone Biles (gymnast), Steph Curry (pro basketball player), Lucy Hobbs Taylor (1st US woman dentist in 1833), and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream)

How to type the Pi symbol on a Chromebook:

While in Google Docs:

Option 1:

Click on “Insert” from the menu bar, then “Special Characters”
Using the arrows, select “Symbol” and “Math Alphanumeric” (or type “pi” in the search box)
Then scroll to the Greek letters and find the Pi symbol (𝝿), and click on it

Option 2:
Ctrl+Shift+U then input 03A0 and hit space for uppercase: Π
Ctrl+Shift+U then input 03C0 and hit space for lowercase: π

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