Category: Edtech

According to senior security engineer at Google — Antivirus and intrusion detection tools are a waste of time for businesses.

http://techlog360.com/antivirus-tools-not-good-enough/…

IBM picks Blackboard and Pearson to bring the technology behind the Watson computer to colleges and universities.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/11/16/blackboard-pearson-join-ibms-ecosystem-bring-watson-technology-higher-ed…

We’re doing some really exciting work with HoloLens. Most exciting of all: we’re discovering ways to make the impossible possible. Here are some examples of what we’re finding.

http://www.pearsoned.com/education-blog/hololens-making-impossible-possible/…

With OwnTracks, you can choose when and how to distribute your location information.

https://www.linux.com/learn/keep-your-location-data-private-owntracks…

How technology is hurting students.

https://thewalrus.ca/the-failure-of-the-ipad-classroom/…

Do you ever wish to know if someone used your Windows computer without your permission? Few people know that an inbuilt utility named Event Viewer can help them out and tell lots of information like the start-up and shutdown …

It’s very clear that the trend is toward cloud-based technologies on virtually every front in education; pretty much as it is in every other industry and for many of the same reasons.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2016/09/cloud-classroom-secure-efficient-integration-solution…

From time immemorial, our identity systems have been based on face-to-face interactions and on physical documents and processes.  But, the transition to a digital economy requires radically different identity systems.  As the economy and society move toward a world …

Here are my choices for The Best Videos For Educators In 2016 – Part Two (some may have been produced prior to this year, but are just new to me)

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/11/21/the-best-videos-for-educators-in-2016-part-two/…

Google Slides isn’t just for delivering presentations to an audience. Here are eight activities that bring interactive learning to students.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2016/01/06/8-interactive-google-slides-activities-for-classroom-excitement/…

The actual act of retrieving the information over and over, that’s what makes it retrievable when you need it.

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/16/studying-with-quizzes-helps-make-sure-the-material-sticks/…