Category: Edtech

To find out what exactly employers are looking for, and what it takes to successfully land a job, LinkedIn looked at billions of data points and analyzed all of the hiring and recruiting activity that occurred on its site …

The Facebook account of a person who has passed away can be memorialized after a request submitted by a verified person. However, Facebook also provides you with an option to auto-delete your Facebook account after getting notified about your …

Finland’s education system is considered one of the best in the world. In international ratings, it’s always in the top ten. However, the authorities there aren’t ready to rest on their laurels, and they’ve decided to carry through a real …

Once we understand machine intelligence deeply, we might look back on the era of traditional software and think it was just a prologue to what’s happening now. We look forward to seeing what the next year brings.

https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/the-current-state-of-machine-intelligence-3-0…

Have you ever considered taking your SMART Technologies skills to the next level? Do you feel as though your innovative strategies of teaching have enhanced students’ learning experiences? Are your SMART skills above and beyond other users around the …

In our 2016 Teaching with Technology survey, faculty members offered their predictions on what the future holds for technology in teaching — including what hardware and systems will bite the dust over the next 10 years.

https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/11/02/top-10-education-technologies-that-will-be-dead-and-gone-in-the-next-decade.aspx…

Research reports and papers have been around a long time. They haven’t evolved much. Here are 10 ways to make them more relevant.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/11/09/10-creative-alternatives-to-research-reports-and-papers/…

Google provides a lot of helpful, free services, but they often come at the cost of privacy.  Here’s how you can keep using Google’s apps without constantly getting spied on.

http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/how-to-use-google-s-apps-without-getting-spied-on-1788569785…

Artificial intelligence has already transformed our lives — from the autonomous cars on the roads to the robotic vacuums and smart thermostats in our homes.  Over the next 15 years, AI technologies will continue to make inroads in nearly …

The project described “applies natural language processing(NLP) techniques to analyze the course’s materials and  discover what concepts are taught, their relevancy in the course and their alignment with the learning outcomes of the course.

http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/5928…

Here is a collection of some of the most popular Google Docs add-ons to try out in your instruction. The add-ons span different topics.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/10/10-of-best-google-docs-add-ons-for.html…

The world of technology is filled with terms making use of the suffix ‘-ware’. The word ‘ware’ doesn’t inherently have anything to do with computers or technology. So, why is it in ‘software’? Here, we’ll discuss the differences between …

There’s no perfect way to evaluate a talking AI database, let alone four of them, but I tried to cover as many fundamental topics as I could.

http://www.businessinsider.com/siri-vs-google-assistant-cortana-alexa-2016-11…