In the report we summarized research findings about the conditions and practices that support positive outcomes of technology use and digital learning experiences for underserved, under-resourced, and underprepared students.
15 Tech Tool Favorites From ISTE 2016
Monica Martinez creates professional development for the EdTechTeam, a partner of Google For Education. She has tried and vetted many of the apps available to teachers on many different platforms and has compiled an in-depth list of resources that …
Exclusive: Why Microsoft is betting its future on AI
After losing on mobile, can microsoft win the next battle? Microsoft is proud of its work on AI, and eager to convey the sense that this time around, it’s poised to win.
3 Great Grading Add-ons for Google Docs
Below are three Google Docs add-ons that you can use to grade students assignments and provide written feedback to them. The apps will absolutely facilitate your grading and save you some precious time to spend on other instructional tasks. …
10 Steps to a Blended Learning Classroom Using Office 365
Take these ten steps (five in this blog entry, five more in the sequel) to ensure you are successful in supporting blended learning opportunities by using Office 365.
http://www.mguhlin.org/2016/07/10-steps-to-blended-learning-classroom.html…
32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
Do you know someone whose arguments consist of baldly specious reasoning, hopelessly confused categories, archipelagos of logical fallacies buttressed by seawalls of cognitive biases? Surely you do. Perhaps such a person would welcome some instruction on the properties of critical …
Could AI replace teachers? 10 ways it could
Teachers are not ends-in-themselves, they are always a means to an end – improvements in the learner. Given this premise, could it be possible to eventually replace teachers with AI technology? This may not happen soon but let’s, as …
10 Interesting Ways to Integrate QR Codes in Your Teaching (Infographic)
With the advance of mobile technologies, QR Code technologies open up a vast terrain for educational uses. There are several ways teachers can leverage the educational potential of QR Codes in their instruction. The visual below sums up 10 …
Sugata Mitra – the professor with his head in the cloud
He does amazing things with children and computers, and is said to have inspired Slumdog Millionaire. So why isn’t the educationist a household name?
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/jun/07/sugata-mitra-professor-school-in-cloud…
Bitcoin and Blockchains explained
The main point is that bitcoin and the underlying blockchain is not just financial, although it is all about transactions – the transaction can be financial, but also information, knowledge, subscriptions, etc.
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/technology/bitcoin-and-blockchains-explained/…
Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain
Does your morning routine consist of checking emails, browsing Facebook, downing coffee, heading to the train while Googling one last idea, checking notifications, more coffee, and going through your work email? The myriad activities crammed into your morning, and …
Presentation of the Week: “The importance of faculty in the higher education experience”
When we design for disability, we all benefit
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What Does Co-teaching Look Like?
Co-teaching can take many forms in the classroom. Some of the most common forms of co-teaching are outlined below. Many resources exist that describe these methods of co-teaching in more detail and provide example lessons for each of the …
Remix culture and education
Remixing is the act of taking previously created works or artefacts and adapting them in some way. Sometimes several works are combined or ‘mashed up’ to create new versions. In the digital age, where many have access to the …