Category: Edtech

Google has recently released a brand new version of Google Earth for both Chrome and Android. This new version has come with a slew of nifty features teachers can use for educational purposes with students in class. Following is a …

Here, we’re walking you through the process of creating your own app by examining five software tools to get the job done.

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-build-your-own-app-if-you-dont-know-how-to-code-1822376541…

In its latest update, PoodLL, a Moodle plugin family by prominent Moodler Justin Hunt, leverages the power of HTML5 features in audio and video recording and playback.

https://www.moodlenews.com/2018/poodll-av-recording-plugin-for-moodle-gets-deep-into-html5-with-latest-update/…

The lectures, part of a special class about Viola Desmond, were streamed on Facebook Live.

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/one-professor-live-streamed-lectures-free-social-media/…

We decided to produce an expert roundup on the topic of the future of education. We asked 106 education experts to answer one question: “What are your thoughts on the future of education?” In part 2 of this series, we …

Despite growing online markets for discounted books, the average cost of college textbooks has risen four times faster than the rate of inflation over the past 10 years. That has caused 65 percent of students to skip buying required texts …

EdX, the nonprofit online-education group founded by MIT and Harvard, is quietly developing a “MicroBachelors” degree that is designed to break the undergraduate credential into Lego-like components.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-01-25-edx-quietly-developing-microbachelors-program…

2017 Top Ten Books on Online Learning

We selected ten books which help capture the ideas and resources made available in 2017. We make no pretense to be representative of all books published in all languages – our focus is …

I think what happens to a lot of teachers is that they confuse the idea of teaching writing — when they are talking about technology — with teaching handwriting or keyboarding.

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-ideas-writing-technology/…

Our goal at Microsoft is to provide the applications and solutions that put students front and center, and that empower every learner on the planet to achieve more.

https://news.microsoft.com/features/minecraft-mixed-reality-microsoft-preparing-students-future/…

A new end-to-end encrypted app called Pixek wants to do for photos what Signal did for messaging.

https://www.wired.com/story/pixek-app-encrypts-photos-from-camera-to-cloud/…

Kaizena is a free Google Docs Add-on that makes it easy to add voice comments to your documents and to the documents that students share with you. Today, the Kaizena team announced a new streamlined version of their Google Docs …

Technophobia is generally defined as fear or anxiety relating to technology. It is common among teachers and often results in a reluctance to adopt new practices. As teachers, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Here are my ten tips …