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Because technology changes so quickly, I update the guide every year, and when I do, I also put together a list of tools I think are worth checking out in the upcoming year. Here are my six picks for 2021.…

Through technology, teachers can share the sights and sounds of the classroom to help remote students feel more connected.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/bringing-more-classroom-feel-distance-learning…

Mindstamp makes it easy to quickly create interactive video experiences that include buttons, questions, hotspots, branching. You can ask questions directly in the video that are free-response, multiple-choice, audio response, video response, or drawn response.

http://ilearntechnology.com/wordpress/?p=5917…

It’s designed to help teachers who are teaching from home due to COVID.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/22217200/overviewer-app-teachers-overhead-camera-iphone-zoom…

The search engine is reportedly built using advanced natural language processing for refined relevant search results without having to rely on advertising.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/you-com-search-engine-announced-google-competitor-no-ads-2336360…

Final exams are extra tricky when it comes to art. What really makes up a semester or year’s worth of learning? From multiple-choice district assessments to final artwork projects, finding the perfect assessment is important.

https://theartofeducation.edu/2020/12/02/how-to-create-the-best-assessments/…

Blended learning as a concept has been around for over twenty years. However, with the rise of digital transformation, the concept has evolved.

https://www.gpstrategies.com/blog/blended-learnings-new-definition/…

Need to create a PDF of a webpage in a pinch? You need an online tool that can read and convert the website for you – a tool like PDFmyURL.

https://www.makeuseof.com/convert-complete-website-to-pdf…

The rollout of new Microsoft 365 features to track productivity, which would monitor 73 pieces of “granular data” about workers, was meant to be a boon time for the technology company. But it quickly turned into a nightmare. Announced in …

Breakout rooms allow organizers to divide the meeting into sub-groups to facilitate discussions and brainstorming sessions. We are excited to announce that breakout rooms will be available this week in Microsoft Teams.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/breakout-rooms-available-this-week-in-microsoft-teams/ba-p/1968481…

We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-most-significant-education-studies-2020…

The first edition of the Journal of Social Media for Learning has now been published. JSML provides a space to capture the many approaches of using social media for learning. The journal seeks to be inclusive and encourages those new …

As anyone not living in a cave knows, COVID has shut down business as usual at most schools and students are learning virtually a lot more than they used to. This is working for some students, but not all.

https://www.edcircuit.com/students-struggling-in-virtual-classrooms-show-a-glaring-problem-in-our-schools/…

Microsoft Teams is far from being the most intuitive teaching tool there is. Some basic functionalities are disabled by default and hidden in intricate menus, while others behave in strange and unexpected ways. To help flatten Teams’ relatively steep learning …

Once viewed as the lesser substitute for campus-based learning, online degrees are going from strength to strength. As the pandemic endures, how will they be viewed against their traditional counterparts?

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201125-will-online-degrees-become-more-legitimate

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