Category: Edtech

Want to know how to make Google Chrome faster? Want to feel productive? Tired of all of those tabs?  Take time to learn how to use Google Chrome better.  These quick tips will have your Google Chrome browser faster …

Microsoft has released Social Share, a free plug-in for PowerPoint that lets you share your slides to Facebook and Twitter as images or video. The tool lets you share individual slides as images and your entire presentation as a …

Being a connected educator isn’t restricted just to be able to have a seamless communication. A connected educator is one who not only connects virtually but also is capable of building & joining personal and professional learning networks that …

If Google open sources its tools, this can make everybody else better at machine learning.

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/google-open-sources-its-artificial-intelligence-engine…

The days of the teacher at a blackboard and bored students sitting in rows are numbered – to be replaced by open plan workspaces with touch sensitive screens, digital projections and Wi-Fi.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/06/12/57/goodbye-blackboards-pens-and-books-hello-digital-classrooms-of-the-future…

Below are three great tools to help you with creating, grading and distributing class assignments. While Chalkup is directly integrated with Drive, Flubaroo and Super Quiz are add-ons that you need to install on Google Sheets.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/11/3-great-google-drive-tools-for-grading.html…

In a recent interview, Edward Snowden unveiled his top five security tools that he uses all the time to protect his communications and devices against surveillance and hacking.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/edward-snowden-favorite-security-tools,30507.html…

A free educational application for any offline device, with a huge library of interactive content, for learners in the world’s most challenging contexts.

https://learningequality.org/kolibri/…

What is public? What is private? When is our private life exposed? Is privacy possible in a hyperconnected, interdependent, Internet of things world?

http://er.educause.edu/blogs/2015/10/your-evolving-digital-life-privacy-in-a-connected-world…

Here are three interesting ways students and teachers can use to voice type documents in Google Docs. While these speech recognition functionalities have a higher degree of accuracy but still post-editing is mandatory to correct errors related to unclear …

Lightneer is the brainchild of Järvilehto and Lauri Konttori, respectively the co-creator of Rovio’s now-shuttered learning division and the Rovio’s former creative director. The two have been tinkering with the idea of learning through gameplay for years now and …

Artificially intelligent software is replacing the textbook—and reshaping American education.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/10/adaptive_learning_software_is_replacing_textbooks_and_upending_american.single.html…

Mobile technology has potential to change the student-teacher dynamic for the better but only if implemented correctly. Here are a few ways I think all teachers can benefit from smart mobile technology use.

http://www.theedadvocate.org/3-ways-mobile-technology-boosts-instruction/…