Below is a handy infographic we designed specially for language teachers and anyone else keen on improving their writing skills.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/01/an-interesting-guide-featuring-16-great.html…
New Whiteboard Designed With Teachers in Mind
A young startup consisting of a few teachers and technological experts gathered to boost the flipped classroom trend by simplifying the video creation process. This company, called theLearnia, is a free online tool that helps non-technical teachers to create a …
Presentation of the Week: Teaching Students with Emojis, Emoticons, & Textspeak
Will automation take away all our jobs?
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The Greatest Science Books of 2016
From the sound of spacetime to time travel to the microbiome, by way of polar bears, dogs, and trees.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/12/07/best-science-books-2016/…
Introducing Gomix: Build the app or bot of your dreams, in minutes
Everybody has good ideas of things we want to make on the Internet. But honestly, it’s gotten too hard. Gomix fixes that. It ought to be as easy to make an app as it is to edit a blog …
Research Shows Diverse Classrooms Improve Learning For Everyone
In a class discussion or on a problem-solving team, bringing together different viewpoints and experiences makes everyone think harder and provide better evidence for their opinions.
The 25 Best Pinterest Boards in Educational Technology
Pinterest is rapidly becoming a favorite tool of educators all over the nation, and many have amassed some pretty great collections of edtech-related pins that teachers and students alike can use to explore new ways to learn, share, teach, …
How to Overcome Information Overload
To get to the bottom of information overload problem, we interviewed an educator, speaker, director of Instructional Technology, #edchat contributor and author of the “Content curation. How to avoid Information overload” book – Steven W. Anderson.
4 Ways to Get Your School Future-Ready
Make sure your district is geared up for what’s next in education by collaborating to build a strong infrastructure.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/11/4-ways-get-your-school-future-ready…
12 Tech Trends That Will Shape Our Lives In 2017
The global design and strategy firm Frog asked experts from its offices around the world to identify key technology trends that’ll shape how we live, work, and play in 2017. Below, we’ve selected 12 that are most relevant.
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3066275/12-tech-trends-that-will-shape-our-lives-in-2017…
A Hacker’s Tips For Protecting Your Digital Privacy
Cyber attacks—and president-elect Trump’s criticism of encryption and interest in expanding government surveillance—warrant more vigilance.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3066399/work-smart/a-hackers-tips-for-protecting-your-digital-privacy…
A Siri for Higher Ed Aims to Boost Student Engagement
When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. A chatbot—a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation—will respond to …
Best productivity apps, books and tools to jumpstart your 2017
With a new year comes a new set of resolutions. Boosting productivity, whether it’s at the gym, office, library or so on, is typically near the top of the list. Here are some essential apps, books and tools you …
Why it’s dangerous to outsource our critical thinking to computers
It is crucial for a resilient democracy that we better understand how Google and Facebook are changing the way we think, interact and behave.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/10/google-facebook-critical-thinking-computers…