Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found.
How AI will help us decipher millennials
AI is indeed the ultimate weapon in the fight for the millennial generation’s ever-shortening attention span. Luckily, rapid strides in the field of machine learning will help unravel what this fickle “target market” really wants.
https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/16/how-ai-will-help-us-decipher-millennials/…
How Google took over U.S. classrooms
Tech giant has outmanoeuvred Apple and Microsoft with powerful combination of low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/05/13/how-google-took-over-us-classrooms.html…
These 5 Big Tech Trends Are Changing the Way We Learn
Several technology-driven trends are disrupting education systems around the world. Together, these trends are offering innovative solutions for a flawed system and contributing to more impactful learning experiences.
With New Digital Tools, Even Nonexperts Can Wage Cyberattacks
Hackers are discovering that it is far more profitable to hold your data hostage than it is to steal it. A decade-old internet scourge called ransomware went mainstream on Friday when cybercriminals seized control of computers around the world.…
Auto-Annotating News Articles To Scaffold Media Literacy Skills In Students
I’ve been playing around a bit with auto-annotating news articles to foster better literacy reflexes in students. Here’s the latest work in progress: I’ve made an annotation bot that goes out and finds articles mentioning industry front groups and …
This is How Google will Collapse
Google made almost all its money from ads. It was a booming business — until it wasn’t. Here’s how things looked right before the most spectacular crash the technology industry had ever seen.
https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-google-collapsed-b6ffa82198ee…
3 principles for creating safer AI
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Presentation of the Week: OER-Enabled Pedagogy
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Microsoft unveils next wave of collaborative products for educators
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella adds commitment to education-minded products at event introducing $189 laptops, 3-D and collaborative apps, new Windows 10 S and tools for managing devices.
http://edscoop.com/microsoft-unveils-next-wave-of-collaborative-products-for-educators…
Students to colleges: Please use our data this way
Younger students in colleges and universities say they’d like their personalized data to be leveraged toward a more beneficial, meaningful experience—right away.
http://www.ecampusnews.com/big-data/students-colleges-use-data/?all…
Meet Sheldon, the Robot Student
Colleges and universities are employing robots on wheels to connect online students with face-to-face classes.
The Padagogy Wheel – It’s Not About The Apps, It’s About The Pedagogy
The Padagogy Wheel is designed to help educators think – systematically, coherently, and with a view to long term, big-picture outcomes – about how they use mobile apps in their teaching.
http://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/blooms-taxonomy/the-padagogy-wheel/…
What Is The State Of Virtual Reality In The Classroom?
Virtual reality sounds like a far-off futuristic concept. When we hear the words “virtual reality” we may think of people wearing big helmets that transport them to another location from the comfort of their home (or classroom). However, virtual …
Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy
“Machine learning and AI is a horizontal enabling layer. It will empower and improve every business, every government organization, every philanthropy — basically there’s no institution in the world that cannot be improved with machine learning.”