Category: Edtech

Adobe PDF may be the most popular document format on the web but there’s a reason why eBook lovers prefer the ePub format over PDF. PDF documents have a static layout with fixed page breaks but the layout of …

Do students learn as much when they read digitally as they do in print? With the surge in popularity of e-books, online learning and open educational resources, investigators have been trying to determine whether students do as well when …

Typography is an art and, with thousands of fonts available, it is obviously difficult for non-designers to find that perfect font combination. Need help? Here are some useful font pairing websites where type masters have already done the hard …

Despite the old stereotypes about video games rotting your brain, a new study provides the latest evidence to the contrary, with the data showing that gaming every day is linked to improvements in academic performance.

http://www.sciencealert.com/students-who-play-online-games-actually-get-better-academic-results…

Learning analytics are becoming increasingly popular for improving learning and cutting drop-out rates – but critics question the impact on privacy.

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/aug/03/learning-analytics-universities-data-track-students…

A crowdsourced library of free learning content where you can find, rate and share learning resources.

http://learncloud.rumie.org/…

As you probably know, Google Drive is far more than a place to store files online. It also includes a suite of versatile creation tools, many of which perform the same functions as the ones we use in other …

With the aid of add-ons, voice typing, and templates, you can turn your Google office suite into a veritable online word-processing powerhouse. Here are some that will help you use some of that power to make your documents look …

These are rock-solid and trusted online edtech blogs that continue to be sources of inspiration for us. You’ll find organizations dedicated to talking about technology, as well as teachers from the trenches who are actually doing it.

https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/10-best-edtech-blogs…

A new book out on August 9 called Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids by Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, one of the country’s top addiction experts, details how compulsive technology usage and reliance on screens can neurologically …

What cutting-edge technology can we expect to experience in our lives in the near future, and what will be developed next? To find out, I asked a group of entrepreneurs the following question: What’s the most futuristic technology we …

The new book “The ABCs of How We Learn” gives 26 approaches that can help students learn. The book is based on a course given at Stanford University.

http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/08/05/abcs-learning-theories-book…