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We took dozens of note-taking apps for a test drive in order to separate the must-try options from the weak ones. First, you’ll find full-featured note-taking apps, including Evernote, OneNote, and Simplenote—the popular notebook apps that can save everything. …

Artificially intelligent software is replacing the textbook—and reshaping American education.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/10/adaptive_learning_software_is_replacing_textbooks_and_upending_american.html…

Taking advantage of social media as a learning platform is a new idea that has been met with some great success thus far. Here are three ways teachers use social media to engage students.

http://www.brilliant-insane.com/2015/05/3-ways-teachers-are-using-social-media-to-engage-students.html…

This working paper discusses the threats to individual privacy simultaneously posed by technology and the propensity of large institutions (government, academic, and corporate) and smaller “bad actors” to conduct surveillance on individuals. These threats are substantial and could undermine …

Flippity provides a handful of great Google Sheets templates. The latest Flippity template that I’ve tried is their Progress Indicator template. With that template you can create a progress chart that will update whenever you update the data in …

Learn different ways to get into data visualization.

https://medium.com/@uptownnickbrown/where-should-i-start-c53acdf04a1c…

Microsoft claims it’s the “ultimate laptop” that’s designed to go head-to-head with Apple’s MacBook Pro and premium Windows laptops. While the Surface Book is primarily a laptop, it’s also a tablet thanks to a display that detaches into something …

Google Drive has a lot to offer, much of which you might not even know about. Read about 15 tricks that will enable you to use Google Drive to the best of its ability.

https://medium.com/@DropboxTipsTricks/google-drive-has-a-lot-to-offer-much-of-which-you-might-not-even-know-about-135546ddc73d…

A report has identified four kinds of teacher – idealists, practitioners, rationalists and moderates. Where do you fit?

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/oct/25/what-type-of-teacher-are-you…

Alain Bourget, a math professor at Cal State Fullerton, is in danger of serious disciplinary action from his employer. His crime? Refusing to teach the assigned textbook, which costs $180 and was co-written by the chair and vice-chair of his …