The Canadian Digital Service is committed to building accessible and inclusive services. Building accessible services means meeting the needs of as many people as possible. From the start, we work with the people who will use a product, including people …
The Top 5 Tech Trends That Will Disrupt Education In 2020 – The EdTech Innovations Everyone Should Watch
Here we consider the key technologies that underpin the EdTech revolution as well as the top 5 tech trends set to disrupt education in 2020.
Fighting Fake News in the Classroom
With social media so tightly woven into the fabric of society, it is unrealistic to think that I can get people to stop using it to obtain information. So, if we won’t stop getting information from these sources, what is …
How to Use the New Creative Commons Chrome Extension
Creative Commons just released a new Chrome extension that enables users to find Creative Commons licensed images without having to leave the browser tabs their currently viewing.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/01/how-to-use-new-creative-commons-chrome.html…
Reverb Record – Quickly Create Voice Recordings
Reverb is a relatively new service (still in beta) that is designed to let people create short voice recordings to share with others.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/01/reverb-record-quickly-create-voice.html…
Another Excellent Resource to Help Students with Their Writing
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an educational website that offers tons of excellent free writing resources for students and writers. OWL, which belongs to Purdue University, has a huge online library that features a wide variety of materials …
This School Banned iPads, Going Back to Regular Textbooks—But What Does the Science Say?
Research in Canada, where more than 6,000 students use iPads every day for learning, highlighted both the pros and cons of using iPads in the classroom. The study noted that access to information and student motivation were among the pros, …
Cozy Reader: a secure place for your articles
Cozy Reader removes all the noise from the web articles that you want to read. It uses BlockStack to (forever) save all the articles; everything is encrypted by default and accessible only by you. Nobody will see what are you …
Internet use reduces study skills in university students
Students who spend a significant amount of their time surfing the web have lower motivation to study and reduced academic performance.
Why “biofabrication” is the next industrial revolution
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Presentation of the Week: Innovating Pedagogy 2020
Blended Learning Guide
Blended learning is the strategic combination of face-to-face and online learning experiences and when properly implemented, the popular teaching method can result in improved student success, satisfaction, and retention. Learn more about the benefits of blended courses, get tips to …
Three Ways to Create a Podcast
If you’d like to start podcasting, but you’re not quite sure how to create a podcast, here are three tutorial videos to get you started.
These “xenobots” are living machines designed by an evolutionary algorithm
Tiny living robots have been created using cells taken from frog embryos. Each so-called xenobot is less than a millimeter across, but one can propel itself through water using two stumpy limbs, while another has a kind of pouch that …
7 top tips for delivering a great presentation to your peers
A persuasive presentation not only requires thorough preparation of content, but also good style. It takes considerable skill to come across coherently for any particular audience and to stay in control of the situation. For this purpose, the following 7 …