Successful trials of a robot tutor should encourage universities to ask which roles can never be replaced by artificial intelligence.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/teaching-assistant-robots-will-reinvent-academia…
Is Facebook for old people? Over-55s flock in as the young leave
It’s official: Facebook is for old(er) people. Teens and young adults are ditching Mark Zuckerberg’s social network as popularity among the over-55s surges, according to a report.
How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism
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Presentation of the Week: Expanding (digital) access, openness and flexibility: Contradictions, complicity, costs and contestations
Why Mobile Technology Enhances Instruction
As mobile technology continues to steal the spotlight in K-12 classroom methodology, certain areas of study tend to be gravitating towards the trends more strongly. Last week an Education Market Research report found that 28 percent of class time for …
Flipped Classroom Research: From “Black Box” to “White Box” Evaluation
We propose and briefly discuss realist evaluation as a promising approach to evaluating educational interventions and for advancing our theoretical understanding of the flipped classroom. We argue that realist evaluation provides an analytical framework for posing the next generation of …
5 Google Drive Tips Everyone Should Know
Google Drive has become an indispensable tool in my digital toolbox. Today I have put together a list of five Google Drive tips to help teachers, students, or ANYONE make the most of Google Drive.
http://shakeuplearning.com/blog/5-google-drive-tips-everyone-should-know/…
Banning mobile phones in classrooms takes education back in time, experts say
Despite Government calls for smartphones to be banned in classrooms, some experts say doing so would take education back “a few years”.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-05/debate-on-mobile-phones-in-the-classroom/9397898
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25 Teaching Tools For The Digital Classroom
Below are some resources that teachers may find useful when attempting to implement technology into their classrooms, separated by 5 common areas that are increasingly important for teachers, and for an effective learning environment—Organization, Project Based Learning, Class Management, Presentations, …
Finland is famous for its education system. What makes it different?
Here are some of the biggest ways Finland is winning in global education.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/finland-education-beats-us-2017-5…
How I coined the term ‘open source’
Christine Peterson finally publishes her account of that fateful day, 20 years ago.
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-term-open-source-software…
The Redesigned OneNote Is A Powerful Note Taking Tool for Teachers and Students
OneNote is Microsoft’s note-taking application which works across Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices. It has an online version as well. OneNote allows you to capture your thoughts and jot down your notes in different formats. You can type, scribble, …
Top EdTech Start-ups That Are Shaping The Future of Education
In today’s post we are sharing with you this visual featuring over 90 EdTech start-ups that are shaping the future of education.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/02/top-edtech-start-ups-that-are-shaping.html…
How to Use YouTube Video Essays in the Classroom
YouTube video essays are long-form (relative to many other internet videos) critical videos that make arguments about media and culture. They’re usually meticulously narrated and edited, juxtaposing video footage, images, audio, and text to make an argument much like a …
Danish edtech startup is conquering the American market with a platform for peer grading
How does a teacher manage to grade hundreds of assignments? By letting the students grade each other’s work. Peer assessment has been around since the 1950’s and is a proven method to grade assignments. But in order to be efficient, …