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How we need to remake the internet
How Microlearning is Stopping Student Burnout Syndrome
Many would claim that some of the most effective learning we can partake intakes the same amount of you need to make a decent cup of tea – just ten minutes out of your busy schedule. That is the essence …
Facebook Scans Your Messenger Conversations and Sometimes Humans Read Them
The Facebook news feed is public and Messenger is private…right? Not quite: Facebook routinely scans your Messenger conversations, and in some cases human employees may review them.
4 Ways to Use Google Keep for Feedback and Assessment
Google Keep is one of my favorite G Suite tools! One fun way to use Google Keep is for feedback. In this post, I’ve got 4 ways to use Google Keep for feedback and assessment.
https://shakeuplearning.com/blog/4-ways-to-use-google-keep-for-feedback-and-assessment/…
Evidence Shows Students Still Learn More Effectively From Print Textbooks Than Screens
While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks are more accessible and portable, it would be wrong to assume that students will automatically be better served by digital reading simply because they prefer it.
How to choose an iPad: A practical guide to Apple’s tablets
There were a lot of iPad models on store shelves for a while there and Apple caught some well-deserved flack for the complexity of its tablet portfolio, most of it centered around the difference — or lack thereof — between …
12 Good Augmented Reality Apps to Use in Your Instruction
Augmented reality technologies are transforming the way we live, learn and interact with each other. We have prepared for you this updated collection of some of the best AR apps to use in your instruction. You may want to go …
Adobe Spark for Education Now Available for Schools
If you’re looking to create narrated videos, printed materials, graphics, or writing assignments that students can quickly and easily turn in, you want Spark.
Meet the ‘Study Tubers’: The YouTubers making studying cool
There’s a new online phenomenon on the rise – and it’s swapping looks for books. Meet the ‘StudyTubers’.
Millennials have created a form of written English that’s as expressive as spoken English
The spelling and grammar rules do not apply on the Millennial Internet. That’s because millennials have created a new rulebook for a variant of written English unique to social media. A rulebook which states that deliberately misspelled words and misused …
Here Is Another Excellent Website to Help Students Learn Coding
Codesters is another excellent website we are adding to our collection of coding resources. Codesters provides students with an easy and simple editor where they can engage in creative coding projects using Python.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/04/here-is-another-excellent-website-to.html…
How babies learn – and why robots can’t compete
If we could understand how the infant mind develops, it might help every child reach their full potential. But seeing them as learning machines is not the answer.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/03/how-babies-learn-and-why-robots-cant-compete…