From class-based hashtags to office hours, more educators are getting the most out of 140 characters.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2016/08/3-ways-college-professors-use-twitter…
A child’s brain develops faster with exposure to music education
A two-year study by researchers at the Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI) at the University of Southern California shows that exposure to music and music instruction accelerates the brain development of young children in the areas responsible for language …
EduOpen: a new MOOC Provider Funded by the Italian Government
EduOpen is a new Italian MOOC provider that launched earlier this year in April 2016. Class Central spoke with Prof. Tommaso Minerva from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) to learn more about EduOpen.
https://www.class-central.com/report/eduopen-italian-mooc-provider/…
The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2017 (And How to Use Them)
With all these tools to choose from, how can you stay on top of the latest and greatest? Keep reading to see the full list with all of 2017’s best social media tools.
4 Ways to Create an Authentic Audience for Students
One of the reasons we want to establish authentic audiences for students is so real people can view and interact with the projects students create. We want to take student work out of a pile of papers (or a …
20 books by teachers, for teachers to inspire your teaching
When teachers share their life’s work with other teachers, students and schools flourish. Here are 20 books for teachers, by teachers.
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2016/10/13/20-books-by-teachers-for-teachers-to-inspire-your-teaching/…
Academic rankings: The university’s new clothes?
Before attempting to rank a laboratory or a university among “the best in the world,” it is necessary to know precisely what “the best” means, by whom it is defined, and on what basis the measurement is made. Without …
How music led to the invention of modern computers
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Presentation of the Week: Five Domains of Educational Technology
Antivirus Tools Are Not Good Enough To Protect Your System, Says Google Security Leader
According to senior security engineer at Google — Antivirus and intrusion detection tools are a waste of time for businesses.
HoloLens: Making the impossible possible
We’re doing some really exciting work with HoloLens. Most exciting of all: we’re discovering ways to make the impossible possible. Here are some examples of what we’re finding.
http://www.pearsoned.com/education-blog/hololens-making-impossible-possible/…
‘Augmented Intelligence’ for Higher Ed
IBM picks Blackboard and Pearson to bring the technology behind the Watson computer to colleges and universities.
Keep Your Location Data Private with OwnTracks
With OwnTracks, you can choose when and how to distribute your location information.
https://www.linux.com/learn/keep-your-location-data-private-owntracks…
The Failure of the iPad Classroom
How To Find If Someone Logged Into Your Windows PC At A Given Time?
Do you ever wish to know if someone used your Windows computer without your permission? Few people know that an inbuilt utility named Event Viewer can help them out and tell lots of information like the start-up and shutdown …