I’ve been asked about this sort of thing a few times now and not had an answer. It came to me on Friday, but I couldn’t test it at lunchtime as we had no internet in school.

I’ve played around with the idea this weekend and it works. Of course it could be a lot prettier.

Basically I’ve set up an Advent Calendar where you can click on doors to revel information. You can only see the content that has been published and the info is qued up in Scheduled posts (pages in this case).

Using the Draw Attention and my favourite Display Posts plugins. Here is the Demo: Advent Calendar – An Example Glow Blog for Christmas

Here is a gif.

Bookmarked Making & Moving with Micro:bit & Scratch (docs.google.com)

Making & Moving with Micro:bit & Scratch

A google doc:

The Scratch Team will show you how to get up and running with micro:bit and Scratch. We’ll demo a variety of projects that connect Scratch to the physical world using micro:bit. The session will end with sharing resources that support making and moving with micro:bit and Scratch!

The Necropolis

We went to The Necropolis for a walk this morning. It surprisingly quiet compared to the park. Or maybe the “graveyards in a pandemic” effect.

Saw a sparrow hawk going through the trees & stones.

Later geese over Glasgow Cathedral, should have brought a camera.

Geese over Glasgow Cathedral

So I think I’ve figured out how to make a time sensitive advent calendar in #GlowBlogs. A bit late. It might do for another time or another time sensitive project.

It involves the Draw Attention pro and my favourite plugin Display Posts.

I couldn’t test the idea at lunchtime as the network is down today.

Bookmarked How the Salesforce acquisition of Slack shows how Microsoft won out by Casey Newton (The Verge)
When it entered the market, Slack was a scrappy, independent entry in the era of worker-centered tools. But five years after formally challenging Microsoft, the company is being acquired by Salesforce for just shy of $30 billion. Casey Newton explains how this signals the end of era, not just for Slack but for workplace tools at large.

This was an interesting read.

I’ve not really spent much time in Slack. I have used Teams most days since the start of the pandemic.

I do have a tendency to prefer ‘one job’ tools (with pipes) rather than suites of apps.

I also have a tendency to bet on tech losers

Reposted https://twitter.com/Banton_Pr/status/1334499493698473984?s=20 by Banton Primary (Twitter)

Adding #microbit to our Steady Hand games. Now we can count the hits. #digiLearnScot @digitallearnNL pic.twitter.com/Fbgzw7JtmE

Some digital fun in class today