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Several platforms now provide lesson planning features  including Google Classroom and Edmodo, however, if you are looking for easy to use and simple lesson planners , the tools below are great to start with. They will enable you to create …

The classroom is changing because the world is changing. Education, being more or less perma-funded by governments and misunderstood by the public, is more built to resist change. But that doesn’t mean change isn’t happening (e.g., flipped classrooms, BYOD, maker …

Recently my Linux adventures led me to Deepin, an OS that captured my attention and boasts a few key ingredients I fell in love with.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/12/10/meet-the-linux-desktop-that-blows-away-windows-10-and-macos/#506dadd75000…

The principles of the current declaration rest on the common belief that human beings seek to grow as social beings endowed with sensations, thoughts and feelings, and strive to fulfill their potential by freely exercising their emotional, moral and intellectual …

Education technology is an area where innovation has outpaced rigorous research. We wanted to find all the studies and distill the main lessons so that decision makers can decide which programs to scale up and invest in.

https://hechingerreport.org/three-lessons-rigorous-research-education-technology/…

Interview with Dr. Tony Bates on his views of how automation and AI are likely to impact on security, privacy, interaction, and personalization in education.

https://www.tonybates.ca/2018/11/27/a-discussion-on-the-risks-and-benefits-to-education-of-ai-and-automation/…

We are sharing with you 10 good tips that will enable you to critically assess the veracity and credibility of online content (e.g. news stories).

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/11/10-tips-to-help-students-spot-fake-news.html…

In Putnam County Schools, students use a variety of carefully chosen digital resources to meet them where they are.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/11/26/5-edtech-tools-that-take-personalized-learning-to-the-next-level/…

Here is a collection of some great iPad apps we compiled specifically for history teachers.  We have based our selection on World History collection in iTunes App Store and have also added some of our favourite titles from this category. …

The idea is that you can log into the service and quickly launch any of a large number of open source applications. It was set up by a group of people in British Columbia.

https://oet.sandcats.io/…

Computer science students at the University of California, Berkeley, are frustrated with a malfunctioning autograding system.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/11/30/autograder-issues-upset-students-berkeley…

Could artificial intelligence benefit children with autism? Ned Sahin, a neuroscientist and founder of company Brain Power, thinks so. He is part of a wave of scientists who hope technology can improve the social communication and interaction skills of people …

Intel’s new Tech Learning Lab is preparing students for careers in the modern workplace and revolutionizing the future of learning.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/11/sponsor-content-intel-tech-learning-lab/…