Taking advantage of social media as a learning platform is a new idea that has been met with some great success thus far. Here are three ways teachers use social media to engage students.
The Big Data Privacy Problem for Open College Courses
This working paper discusses the threats to individual privacy simultaneously posed by technology and the propensity of large institutions (government, academic, and corporate) and smaller “bad actors” to conduct surveillance on individuals. These threats are substantial and could undermine …
Giphy launches a super simple GIF creator for the web
Giphy’s new GIF Maker just requires you to drop in a YouTube link, navigate to a starting point in the video, and choose how long the GIF should run for. You can also add a caption and position the text …
How to Create a Progress Chart in Google Sheets
Flippity provides a handful of great Google Sheets templates. The latest Flippity template that I’ve tried is their Progress Indicator template. With that template you can create a progress chart that will update whenever you update the data in …
Getting into data visualization — where should I start?
Learn different ways to get into data visualization.
https://medium.com/@uptownnickbrown/where-should-i-start-c53acdf04a1c…
Microsoft Surface Book review
Microsoft claims it’s the “ultimate laptop” that’s designed to go head-to-head with Apple’s MacBook Pro and premium Windows laptops. While the Surface Book is primarily a laptop, it’s also a tablet thanks to a display that detaches into something …
15 Google Drive Hacks
Google Drive has a lot to offer, much of which you might not even know about. Read about 15 tricks that will enable you to use Google Drive to the best of its ability.
What type of teacher are you?
A report has identified four kinds of teacher – idealists, practitioners, rationalists and moderates. Where do you fit?
http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/oct/25/what-type-of-teacher-are-you…
College textbooks are a racket
Alain Bourget, a math professor at Cal State Fullerton, is in danger of serious disciplinary action from his employer. His crime? Refusing to teach the assigned textbook, which costs $180 and was co-written by the chair and vice-chair of his …
Presentation of the Week: Learning Analytics are more than a technology
An Internet without screens might look like this
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Google’s Book-Scanning Project Is Legal, U.S. Appeals Court Says
For a decade now, Google’s enormous project to create a massive digital library of books has been embroiled in litigation with a group of writers who say it’s costing them a lot of money in lost revenue. On Friday, …
Why This Longtime Google Fan Now Prefers DuckDuckGo
I was a Google fanboy. Three months after switching to DuckDuckGo, however, I’m not sure I’ll ever switch back. But uncomfortable as Google’s tracking is, three months after switching I’m sticking to DuckDuckGo because I like the features.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/longtime-google-fan-now-prefers-duckduckgo/…
Yahoo Mail eliminates passwords as part of a major redesign
Seven months after replacing traditional passwords with single-use SMS codes, Yahoo is taking the next step toward blowing up the password altogether. The company today announced Yahoo Account Key, which links your account to a mobile device and then …
10 Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom
Google Forms is a great tool for educators—not to mention it’s free! Here are a few of the best ways I’ve discovered to use it in a classroom.
http://blog.learn2earn.org/10-ways-to-use-google-forms-in-the-classroom/…