To help non-technical students get started, Bizness Apps, a DIY app development platform, has been giving free access to any student with a .edu account. In the first few months about 30,000 students have registered for the platform, and …
Who’s who in EdTech? Top 50 names in global innovation
The list was launched by the World Innovation Summit for Education (Wise) and EdTechXGlobal, which organises the conference, EdTechXEurope, in a bid to honor the individuals’ work in the field of educational technology.
https://www.tes.com/us/news/breaking-news/whos-who-edtech-top-50-names-global-innovation…
New app links students to virtual reality lessons
Interactive media platform ThingLink has launched a virtual reality content app called VR Lessons. The app is designed for elementary school students, their teachers and parents.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/05/02/new-app-links-students-to-virtual-reality-lessons/…
4 Fascinating Trends in Education Technology
Technology has made collaboration possible in ways far beyond our imaginations in the 20th century, and done so in ways that are often highly affordable.
http://www.livetiles.nyc/blog/4-fascinating-trends-education-technology/…
35 Interface Innovations that Rocked Our World
We believe user interfaces have been pivotal to some of the world’s most important innovations. And since the line between an “interface” and an “invention” can be quite fuzzy, we thought we’d explore that line – and take a …
Google’s new tool helps test your website’s speed and mobile-friendliness
Google has announced its own tool to help you measure your website’s speed and mobile-friendliness. The site takes your URL and measures on a scale of 1-100 your mobile design and loading speed. It looks at things like CSS, …
4 Powerful Tools to Annotate Webpages
Some of the things you can do with these apps include: highlight extended chunks of text, share your highlighted text with others, initiate discussions around highlighted text, add notes on a webpage, archive and bookmark pages and many more.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/06/4-powerful-tools-to-annotate-webpages.html…
VideoAnt: web-based video annotation tool
Use VideoAnt to add annotations, or comments, to web-hosted videos. Export your annotations in a variety of data formats. You can even embed your Ants on a personal website, learning management system (like Moodle), or anywhere HTML is allowed.…
What’s so sexy about math?
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Presentation of the Week: 2016 Internet Trends Report
Why Emotions Are Integral to Learning
Teachers intuitively know that neither their nor their students’ learning is steady and constant, the same day in and day out and moment to moment, consistent from topic to topic. Learning is dynamic, social, and context dependent because emotions …
22 Best Antivirus Software For Windows 10 Home PCs
Here’s a list of the 22 best antivirus software for Windows 10 Home PCs, as suggested AV-TEST. Just like the previous lists, Bitdefender has managed to score the top position by scoring perfect 18 points in three tests.
http://fossbytes.com/22-best-antivirus-software-windows-10-home-pc/…
Even Apple is acknowledging that the “iPads in education” fad is coming to an end
Almost 90% of teachers and 74% of students preferred laptops over tablets, according to a survey conducted by the Maine’s Department of Education.
How to Tell if Your Computer is Vulnerable to Hackers
Here are three different things you can investigate to see just how safe you are from online miscreants.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tell-computer-vulnerable-hackers/…
Turn Your Old Laptop into a Chromebook
You can now easily convert your old laptop or PC into a powerful Chromebook. I did this for a Dell Mini and a Dell laptop that I bought in 2009. Those two devices were collecting dust and were destined …