It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
The absolute best free online courses for learning something new
Here’s a big list of places you can learn stuff for free, with some available for certification if that’s what you’re looking for. So prepare your brain because here’s a big list of the best free online learning resources:
https://mashable.com/article/best-free-online-courses-and-classes…
Clever & Practical Uses for QR Codes in Classrooms
Now that QR codes are easy to make and easy to scan with mobile phones and tablets, they can be helpful in accomplishing a lot of things in school settings. Here’s a short list of ways to consider using QR …
What Could Web3 Mean for Education?
It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-01-24-what-could-web3-mean-for-education…
How to Prevent Your Emails From Going to Spam: 6 Tips
Your emails may not reach your recipients’ inboxes regularly if spam filters are blocking them. Here’s how you can prevent this.
https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-prevent-emails-going-to-spam/…
A New Kind Of Professional Development Activity: Becoming A Jedi Of Gamification With Sharepoint
Out of a desire to renew the training formula that we offer to teachers each session, we decided to introduce them to gamification. To do this, we created a course site on Sharepoint and offered a hybrid professional development course …
It’s time to delete the scary amount of data Google has on you
Google keeps tabs on what you search, what you watch and your location. We’ll show you how to delete that info.
12 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on YouTube
From hidden controls to useful gestures, there are tons of YouTube features and settings you can take advantage of.
https://gizmodo.com/12-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-on-youtube-1848373943…
My Do-it-yourself Hyflex Classroom Experience at Dawson
Adapting to change by physically reopening campuses this fall has a price. I thus decided to explore the HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) pedagogical approach to think “outside the box” and respond to students’ needs. HyFlex provides a cloud solution for a …
What are the Main Trends in Online Learning? A Helicopter View of Possible Futures
The COVID-19 crisis has given rise to the question, what are the main trends in online learning? What might the future look like? While predicting the future is best left to those who appear to have a crystal ball, the …
How AI can identify people even in anonymized datasets
Weekly social interactions form unique signatures that make people stand out.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-identify-anonymous-data-phone-neural-network…
My Notion of Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop is an app that “combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that move freely and stay in sync across applications.
https://activatelearning.com.au/2022/01/my-notion-of-microsoft-loop/
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Questioning learning analytics? Cultivating critical engagement as student
This paper highlights the importance of critical engagement with a learning analytics tool and a pedagogic design for its implementation with students. It uses student interaction data to demonstrate that students possess different levels of skills to meaningfully engage with …
Is the Hybrid Virtual Classroom just a badly photocopied lesson?
Understanding how when and how to use the Hybrid Virtual Classroom, and how to teach with a ‘shifted pedagogy’ will require openness to experimentation combined with research and honest self-reflection.
https://zacwoolfitt.blogspot.com/2021/12/is-hybrid-virtual-classroom-just-badly.html…
The Formative Future: AI, standardized testing and student outcomes
AI can now predict with over 90% accuracy a student’s test score, identifying their weakness and strengths with about 10 minutes of interaction”.