I’m pleased to find out that educators are finding the software useful in the classroom. Although I get immediate feedback from colleagues, somehow international feedback gives me a real buzz. Thanks!
Category Archives: Termites
New Software Coming Soon
I’ve been busy polishing two new pieces of software:
Monkey - Automagically place students into groups based on the relationships between them, just like Termites but for groups. Or am I mistaken and you would prefer this to be a feature within Termites rather than a separate piece of software? It could be released within a [...]
Free Termites
After reading this I’ve changed my approach to Termites. It’s now completely free, there is no longer a locked version.
However, it is not open source, it just costs $0. I hope to generate a stream of income indirectly.
Since freeing the Termites I feel much more comfortable. To be honest I never wanted to sell software [...]
Unintended Interesting Termites
A teacher contacted me to share a funny story about her class. She allowed the students to use Termites and they all spontaneously started creating arrangements for inanimate objects like shoes, musicians, cars, and movies. She said the criteria for the relationships was quite amusing! Seemingly unrelated objects had strong relationships according to the students.
I [...]
Termite Seating Plan Tour
Termites now has a product tour. Check it out here.
Since Termites is so easy to use, the tour is nice and short. Hope it helps you get started.
Student Directed Seating Plan
It’s that time of year again, new classes with unknown students. So how do you create an effective seating plan when you don’t know the student relationships?
Even though I could easily have used Termites to create a random arrangement, I wanted to do better.
So yesterday I tried an experiment in one of my classes, a [...]
Termites Released
The Termites are out!
Software to create seating plans which understand relationships.
The software is targeted at teachers who create seating plans for students with a complicated web of relationships. But it’s general enough to be used for weddings, business functions, dinner parties, etc.
Some benefits:
- Create seating plans a lot quicker than by hand, especially [...]