Broadly, it starts with reconfiguring the physical space of learning — students are clustered in small groups with a centralized teacher able to move through and around the room to provide personalized, direct instruction. The goal is to shift …
Facebook and Google Think You’re Ready for Some More Facial Recognition
New services from Facebook and Google extend the reach of facial recognition. Do people still find it creepy?
Meet the Little Geniuses of a Giant Science Fair
California State Science Fair draws nearly 1,000 brainy kids from all over the state. In addition to some of the smartest kids you’ll ever meet, there were motors whirring, gears spinning and test tubes bubbling.
http://www.wired.com/2015/06/ethan-pine-california-state-science-fair/…
6 Essential Tips for Planning an Effective Online Course
I’ll focus on several aspects of online course creation, including planning, techniques for teaching, community building and assessments. My hope with this piece is to contribute to a conversation on how to teach more effectively in an online space …
Tech-savvy cheats beware: Universities are banning smartwatches
In an attempt to stop students from dialling up test answers on their wrist, a number of Australian universities are taking steps to ban smartwatches from the exam room.
http://mashable.com/2015/06/16/universities-banning-smart-watches…
3 Good Text to Speech Tools for Struggling Readers
While all text to voice converters can be used by both struggling and non struggling readers, the tools listed below are reputed for being effective with kids with reading disorders. Natural Reader is not free but it does offer …
5 Ideas to Kickstart Your Summer Learning
As educators, we also need to hone our own skills, develop new ideas, and reflect on our practice. Here are five ways to kickstart your summer learning.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ideas-kickstart-your-summer-learning-beth-holland…
Presentation of the Week: Here Comes The iPad Generation
This app knows how you feel — from the look on your face
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Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach
Despite tremendous access to technology, most teachers have not transformed their instruction. Experts will discuss how tech is actually used and the barriers to technology-enabled, student-centered teaching.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/06/11/why-ed-tech-is-not-transforming-how.htm…
Why iPads are the new drugs for kids
What’s different about iPads is their mobility. Now, a child can stare at a screen every minute of the day. And many do exactly that, frequently aided and abetted by their parents.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/why-ipads-are-the-new-drugs-for-kids-20150610-ghgvug.html…
8 Tools we use to Capture Ideas, Write Compelling Content, and Edit our Words
Here are some of the tools our content team leverages to make that process efficient. While some of this may be overkill for you or your team, there may be some value in seeing how content gets created from …
Google Forms: Create a Formative Assessment Quiz
An excellent tool for formative assessment is Google Forms. Good formative assessment allows you to be quickly responsive to student needs. Google Forms gives you the data from students instantly after they press submit. Since all student answers are …
Belgium takes Facebook to court over privacy breaches and user tracking
Belgian privacy commission launches lawsuit after warning over alleged privacy law breaches over tracking of users and non-users for ads.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/15/belgium-facebook-court-privacy-breaches-ads…
A Teacher’s Guide to Using PowerPoint
PowerPoint presentations provide the opportunity to combine many of those tools into one place. In one lesson, you can easily incorporate speech, text, images, videos, and audio. You want your presentations to be engaging for your students. PowerPoint provides …