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 …
A Comparison of Multimedia Timeline Creation Tools – Updated
Making a timeline is a “classic” history class assignment. Today, there are plenty of ways to create multimedia timelines. In the following chart I highlight the features of my favorite tools for making multimedia timelines.
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/01/a-comparison-of-multimedia-timeline.html…
Quizizz — Create Student-Paced Gamified Quizzes
Quizizz is a free web tool that allows teachers to create multiple-choice questionnaires that students can answer individually at their own pace.
https://www.profweb.ca/en/publications/articles/quizizz-create-student-paced-gamified-quizzes
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Schools of the Future: Defining New Models of Education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As globalization and rapid advancements in technology continue to transform civic space and the world of work, education systems have grown increasingly disconnected from the realities and needs of global economies and societies. Education models must adapt to equip children …
I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about living without them
Here’s what they had to say.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614934/teenagers-without-cell-phones…
Windows 7 Is Officially Dead, So You Really Need to Upgrade
As of January, 14th, 2020 Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 7. That means no more software updates, security fixes or patches, or technical support. So, what do you do if you or your company is still on Windows 7? …