Author: Rafael Scapin

Today, it seems like edtech tools are a dime a dozen–but these 5 really shine.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2019/05/17/5-coolest-edtech-tools/…

A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he would pay off their student loans — estimated at up to $40 million.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5293581/billionare-morehouse-college-debt/…

Glide is a service that anyone can use to create a mobile app without doing any coding. Glide lets you take one of your Google Sheets and have the information become a mobile app. It’s easy to use and you …

Fishbowl is a professional networking service for professionals in many fields including education. Fishbowl features dedicated communities for discussions about the issues that matter most to them. Fishbowl makes you verify your identity, but lets you post questions and responses …

The new report, California’s Positive Outliers: Districts Beating the Odds, finds that the proportion of teachers holding substandard credentials—such as emergency permits, waivers and intern credentials—is significantly and negatively associated with student achievement for all students.

https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/2019/05/teacher-qualifications-emerge-as-major.html…

AlphaZero doesn’t play chess like a machine – it plays it like a human grandmaster, but better.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/deepmind-ai-chess…

It’s not the first system to translate speech from one language to another, but Google designed Translatotron to do something other systems can’t: retain the original speaker’s voice in the translated audio. In other words, the tech could make it …

Two years ago, I co-founded a company that collects data on the kinds of content people like and dislike on the internet. We’ve analyzed the content that over 10,000 people around the world loved online–with their permission.  Take a look …

In today’s post we are sharing with you a collection of some good apps you can use to take your students on virtual trips to international museums. Students will get to explore various works of fine arts, learn about other …

Lenovo showed off its upcoming foldable PC at its Accelerate conference. The device will fall under its premium Thinkpad X1 line, and will launch next year. It will have a 13.3-inch 2K OLED display made in partnership with LG, and …

The article talks about the concept of ‘transfer learning’ in artificial intelligence today. This is not ‘knowledge transfer’ from one person to another. Rather, the idea is to teach an AI to apply knowledge it learning in one domain to …

eLearning has transformed modern education. Over the last fifteen years, education has gone from paper to platform and app-based, with students and teachers learning together in remarkable new ways.

https://anadea.info/blog/creating-a-mobile-elearning-environment…

Qwiqr is another excellent web tool you can use to provide students with individual feedback using QR technology. It’s particularly ideal for formative assessment allowing you to attend to students individualized needs and maximize their learning.

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/05/here-is-handy-tool-to-provide-students.html…