This is your brain on communication
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Presentation of the Week: Learn Collaboratively with Web Tools
Google’s New Science Journal App Turns Your Android Phone Into a Lab Full of Sensors
The free app will turn an Android smartphone or tablet into laboratory full of experiments by grabbing data from the device’s various sound, light, and motion sensors.
http://gizmodo.com/googles-new-science-journal-app-turns-your-android-phon-1777844992…
Everything You Need to Migrate Your Home Office to Linux
Microsoft is thirstier than ever for users’ private data, and it is acting more hands-on than ever before. They want to control what software you run, and when you run your updates. It’s for this reason why many users …
The 2016 Dean’s List: EdTech’s 50 Must-Read Higher Ed IT Blogs
Blogging about the hottest education technology issues, these admin all-stars, IT gurus, education community experts and classroom leaders have proven their worth to their peers.
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2016/05/higher-ed-must-read-it-blogs…
How To Test Your Internet Speed With Fast.com
Fast.com is a simple internet connection speed test tool launched by Netflix. It tells you the real-time download speeds and gives you a link to compare your results with the famous Ookla’s Speedtest.net.
http://fossbytes.com/test-internet-connection-speed-fast-com-netflix/…
Garbage in, garbage out: How to find wisdom in the age of information
With so much information swirling around us, we feel the need to answer with superficial and uninformed opinions instead of cultivating deep understanding. We’d rather have any answer than say ‘I don’t know’.
Why Colleges Should Take the Lead in Learning Analytics Development
The college classroom has been impenetrable for those seeking to understand how students learn. Education technology has changed that. Colleges now have access to a growing set of data about how students interact with—and learn from—the artifacts of their …
A Step by Step Guide to Help Teachers Create Facebook Pages for Their Classes
Facebook Pages is a feature in Facebook that allows you to create a virtual space for any sort of purpose you want. As a teacher you can use this service to create an online hub for you students.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/05/a-step-by-step-guide-to-help-teachers.htm…
Dell unveils 43-inch 4K monitor that can split into four independent 1080p panels
Dell’s newest P4317Q can run as a single monitor at 3840×2160, its real strength is as a bezel-less option to display up to four separate desktops, each at 1080p.
40 Recommended Extensions for Teachers, Research, and Language Learners
Extensions also help teachers accomplish many time consuming tasks faster, such as grading, assessment, providing feedback, research, creating lesson plans and more. A majority of these are for Google Chrome.
http://teacherrebootcamp.com/2016/05/21/extensionsforstrugglingstudents/…
How storage is changing in the age of big data
By 2020, IDC predicts that the amount of data will increase by a thousandfold, reaching a staggering 44 zettabytes of data. The only logical response to this data deluge is to create more ways to store and maximize all …
Your words may predict your future mental health
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Presentation of the Week: Graduate Training in 21st Century Pedagogy
Google Is Killing Flash — HTML5 Replacing Flash On Chrome By Default
Flash is dying a slow death and different tech giants are giving it severe blows from time-to-time. Along the similar paths, Google has detailed its plans to kill Flash by blocking the most content on its Chrome web browser. …