That technology is already here. It is facial recognition technology, and its dangers are so great that it must be rejected entirely.
https://www.edtechstrategies.com/blog/big-brother-in-schools/…
It’s easier than you think to craft AI tools without typing a line of code
A lot of companies are trying to make it easier to use artificial intelligence, but few are making it as simple as Lobe. The startup, which launched earlier this year, offers users a clean drag-and-drop interface for building deep learning …
GitHub Education Is Now Free For Classroom Use
GitHub has made more than a couple headlines in June, mostly in regard to Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of the internet’s most popular code sharing platform. This week, the company announced that it would make GitHub Education, a suite of …
How to Create a Virtual Tour That Includes Audio Narration
Making their own VR tours could be a great way for students to show what they have learned about places they studied in a geography lesson. Think of making a VR tour as an alternative to a traditional PowerPoint presentation. …
9 ways to use Artificial Intelligence in education
The advancements in the development of artificial intelligence spread all over the world at a tremendous speed and create an incredible hype increasing our expectations. In this article, we have compiled 9 ways to use artificial intelligence in education.
http://bigdata-madesimple.com/9-ways-to-use-artificial-intelligence-in-education/…
How podcasts can improve literacy
Boost confidence and focus with these free, accessible, and fresh texts.
https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/06/05/how-podcasts-can-improve-literacy/…
Woolf University: the Airbnb of higher education or a sheep in wolf’s clothing?
Woolf will be the first blockchain-powered university with its own native token. The design has been developed by an independent group of academics (mostly from the University of Oxford), and experienced academics will form the first college in the collegiate …
What Do Online Students Want? 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues
What do online students want? According to a new survey, they want to conduct more of their course activities on their mobile phones or tablets, and they’d like better career-planning services. Their biggest regrets? They all relate to not having …
Seven dimensions of learnography effective in brainpage theory of book to brain knowledge transfer
Brainpage theory of learnography is related to the modulation of knowledge chapters that describes the dimensions of learning mechanism for the proper practice of knowledge, understanding, application and higher ability.
Dispelling the misconceptions of online education
Online education in Canada provides learners with a flexible, inclusive and quality educational experience.
How three disruptive technologies can work together to change the world as we know it
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things are common buzzwords these days, but so often, businesses and individuals alike think of each in its own silo. That’s a disservice to emerging tech because combining each concept’s strengths will …
Presentation of the Week: Blockchain in Education
Technology that knows what you’re feeling
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An Easy Speech-to-Text Option for Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint
Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint users have a new speech-to-text option. A new dictation option has been added to Office 365. The dictation tool will transcribe your spoken words into text on your screen.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/06/an-easy-speech-to-text-option-for-word.html…
Microsoft buys edtech startup Flipgrid and makes the video discussion tool free for all schools
Flipgrid makes a video discussion tool widely used in classrooms. Teachers can create a visual “grid” for a classroom with one or more topics, and students respond with short videos on browsers, tablets, smartphones, or Chromebooks.