Question for you all: why are so many colleges and universities using Zoom, after two+ years of the pandemic?
https://bryanalexander.org/education-and-technology/why-has-higher-education-decided-on-zoom/
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5 Ways to Build an Engaging Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint
Follow these tips to make your PowerPoint presentations stand out and keep your audience interested.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tips-for-engaging-powerpoint-presentations/…
Artificial intelligence beats eight world champions at bridge
Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games.
How to Get Google Docs to Read to You
You can better understand a document by listening to it read aloud. Here’s how to make Google Docs read to you.
What Is Multi-Factor Authentication? Why Should You Use It?
Considered the gold standard for account security, multi-factor authentication (MFA) makes it easy to secure your digital communications.
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-multi-factor-authentication/…
I’m a Teacher, Will Artificial Intelligence Help Me?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are becoming more prevalent everywhere, including in education spaces. Educators may sometimes wonder, “What is AI?” and, “What can AI do?” Let’s address these questions and then discuss why and how YOU should be involved!
What is JavaScript used for? 7 practical JavaScript uses
Find out some of the top uses for JavaScript, as we explore why it’s such a popular and diverse programming language.
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/what-is-javascript-used-for…
The future is bright – the future is hybrid
What are the next developments in the Hybrid Virtual Classroom? What kind of spaces might we be teaching in soon?
https://zacwoolfitt.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-future-is-bright-future-is-hybrid.html…
Zoom Learning Center
The Learning Center helps our users discover how to use Zoom’s communications platform in a secure and confident manner, with a robust library of short, on-demand courses covering a range of topics for each of our products.
Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching
In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming video as they did in person. Many are unaware that …
Tech Futurist at SXSW Predicts Gloomy Future
At South By South West 2022, Amy Webb, CEO of Future Today Institute, released their 15th Annual Tech Trends Report looking into a huge variety of trends over 668 pages. She talked about the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI), metaverses …
Using Personality Assessments to Build Better Groups
When students learn there will be group work in a course, they often let up a collective groan. Group work tends to leave a bad taste in students’ mouths due to their lack of understanding of group dynamics. If you …
College students often don’t know when they’re learning
Harvard experiment reveals the psychological grip of lectures.
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-college-students-often-dont-know-when-theyre-learning/…
Readlee – Know How Your Students Read Online Assignments
Readlee is a new service that lets you create online reading assignments for your students to complete in your classroom or at home. That’s not what makes it great. What makes it great is found in how your students complete …
The Top 7 Websites to Learn Web Development Online
Developing your web development skills is easy, when you have the right online courses to learn from. Here are seven of the best websites to use.
https://www.makeuseof.com/websites-learn-web-development-online…