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The advanced Google searches every student should know
Google has amazing tools for finding school-worthy sources. Too bad most kids don’t know they exist.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/11/23/how-search-google-592/…
10 Things I Learned From My 3D Printer: An Early Adopter’s Diary
How can I possibly describe what it’s like using a 3D printer for a year? Let me describe the 10 things I learned over the last year—and what you can expect to go through yourself after you open the …
How Education Will Be Smarter, Less Intrusive, And Able To Respond To How You Feel
Disruption is taking place in all other sectors of society — so, why not education? We are on the verge of a tide of smarter innovation that, if allowed to spread, will turbocharge the learning experience for students. Here …
It’s Not About the Device, It’s About What You Do With It
Devices are crucial as a conduit for content; however, they do not directly improve learning outcomes.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-11-28-it-s-not-about-the-device-it-s-about-what-you-do-with-it…
Are education and technology inseparable?
As technology has become an integral part of people’s daily lives around the world, we’re seeing a growing demand – from students, parents, teachers, governments, and nonprofits – to teach youth not only how to use technology, but also …
Top 50 EdTech Products For Educators
The checklist covers twelve areas deemed essential to product satisfaction: objectives, assessment, practice, examples, information, multimedia, overviews, integration, motivation, organisation, usability, and personalisation.
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/top-50-edtech-products-according-to-educators/…
Understanding knowledge network, learning and connectivism (PDF)
This paper explores the theoretical foundations of Connectivism and relates it to previous theories of learning. Its focus is on networks – neural, internal (conceptual) and external. It relates the role of teacher, learner and knowledge within a dynamically …
Email Is the New Generation Gap
Two weeks ago, we surveyed 3,670 people online about how they communicate. We discovered a remarkable difference between people over 41, who say they often talk on email more than they do in real life, and younger people who …
Update on British Columbia’s open textbook project
BCcampus has just announced that as of October 30, 2015, it has now made available 23 new ‘Common Core’ open textbooks for the Province of B.C.’s This brings the total number of open textbooks in the BCcampus project to …
What students spend on textbooks and how it affects open textbooks
The actual cost of recommended textbooks is over $1,000 a year (or more accurately, between $968 and $1221, depending on the mix of rental and newly purchased books), and that this is the figure that counts, because if students …
7 trends that will revolutionize online learning
A look at new tools and new opportunities to create an instructional experience that is not only different, but better, taking online learning in mainstream higher ed to the next level.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/trends-online-learning-453/…
Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the new Li-Fi Internet
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Presentation of the Week: Are you a Digital Explorer, Educator or Influencer?
Teens can’t tell the difference between Google ads and search results
In a new report published by the UK’s telecoms watchdog Ofcom, researchers found that only a third of young people aged 12 to 15 knew which search results on Google were adverts, while this figure was even lower — …