McGraw-Hill Education’s fourth annual Digital Study Trends Survey finds that most students highly value digital learning technology and feel technology has improved their grades.
UK teacher wins global best teacher prize
A teacher from north London has been announced as winner of a competition to find the world’s best teacher. The prize, launched in 2015 by an education charity, the Varkey Foundation, was created to give more status to the teaching …
Teaching Students to Legally Use Images Online
As our students create more and more digital products—blog posts, videos, podcasts, e-books—they should be using images to enhance them. Despite the fact that these images are easy to get, using them may be illegal.
McAfee Finds Teenagers Use Tech to Cheat in School
The security firm finds that students use digital tools for malicious reasons, from accessing banned content to interfering with tests.
https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/09/mcafee-finds-teenagers-use-tech-cheat-school…
Classkick to Learn Together
Being able to provide feedback and assistance, especially to students who might be struggling, is important. This app helps with that process by providing teachers with faster ways to provide feedback.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/10/classkick-to-learn-together.html…
Is this Finnish school the perfect design?
The walls are coming down in Finland’s schools – but not just the physical barriers between classrooms. Also going are divisions between subjects and age ranges, and students have more of a say over what will be learnt than children …
Presentation of the Week: Embracing Imperfection in Learning Analytics
How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader
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Mobility, Accessibility, Data and Open Futures: MoodleMoot Canada 2018 Highlights
In late February 2018, Moodle users, developers, administrators and enthusiasts made the pilgrimage to Toronto’s York University for the 2018 edition of MoodleMoot Canada. Among the attendees were 2 members of the Quebec college network, François Lizotte (DECclic) and Rafael …
Internet addiction and online gaming disorder on the rise
In our modern world, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives, enabling us to be more connected and efficient than ever before. But our move online has also resulted in the serious and growing global phenomenon …
12 Great Books on The Importance of Game-based Learning
Games (including video games) are important pedagogical elements that can help students thrive academically in school and outside school. Backing up this argument is a collection of scholarly research papers and books that clearly highlight the importance of gaming in …
Building a Blockchain
We’ve all heard about blockchains, but what are they? It can be a complicated concept. The best way to learn, of course, is to roll up your sleeves and build a blockchain engine. That’s what I did.
https://halfanhour.blogspot.ca/2018/03/building-blockchain.html…
How Canadian student newspapers are going digital
As reading habits change, many student newspapers are decreasing their print circulation.
http://j-source.ca/article/how-canadian-student-newspapers-are-going-digital/…
22 Powerful Tools to Create and Edit your Own Instructional Videos
When it comes to video editing, you may be wondering what’s the best tool to use. The plethora of available software makes it even harder to choose. We did the hard work and the testing and curated the best software …
Here Is the Best Language Learning App for You
We tested five of the best Rosetta Stone-style apps. Now pick the one that’s right for you.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-21/five-language-learning-apps-tested-and-reviewed…