Embedding Education games in your blog

Posted on by primaryt

Embedding educational games in your blog is now really easy.

Step 1. Find the game you want on Primary Games Arena

Step 2. Click Share then Click Link, click again for embed code

Step 3. Copy the embed code (Right click Select all, Right click Copy), it will look something like “<iframe width=800 height=600 src=”http://primarygamesarena.com/redirect.php?id=250″></iframe>”

Step 4. Create a new post or edit an existing one. Click HTML in the top right corner of your editor.

Step 5. Right click on the editor and click Paste.

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Is it possible to build Metro Desktop Tiles without Visual Studio?

Posted on by John McLear

It pains me that I’m asking this but I have spent the last 3 hours using my favorite search engine looking for an answer to this question and I’m literally licking the pink knotted balloon of the internet right now so please hear me out..

I hate developing on Microsoft platforms, it feels dirty. After watching the Windows 8 developer talks where they introduced Metro and had a bunch of students create their own tiles I figured how hard can it be?

I’m not willing to use Visual Studio. Microsoft said Metro supports CSS/HTML/JS so I want to build my tile in notepad++. I don’t mind creating my own manifests, that’s fine, but I want to keep it open. I just don’t see a way to do this without installing an “app(has to be a binary)” and then binding that app to the desktop and hoping that Windows finds the manifest for the tile and implements it.

Anyone had any luck? I’d love a little tutorial that just shows me how to get started.. Once I’m up and running I will be good to go!

Thanks 🙂

TLDR: I refuse to use Visual Studio so I want a way to create a desktop tile for Microsoft Windows Metro that doesn’t involve compiling anything.

Beautiful Curves web based drawing tool for kids

Posted on by John McLear

Beautiful Curves is a really nice web based tool for creating pretty drawings.

No doubt you will do what I did and either write your name or draw a face!

It wins in the coolness category too as it’s built using canvas/JS so it’s open source and free to play 🙂

Nice!

NEW FEATURE: Printable holiday dates onto business cards

Posted on by primaryt

Ever wanted to print your school holiday dates onto something that fit right in your wallet? Maybe a business card? Maybe even print a load out, laminate them and sell them to parents? Well now you can and it’s super easy!

Simply find your school on My School Holidays and click the Printable Business Cards link. Print it out and off you go!

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