With limitless possibilities in mind, we asked members of Forbes Technology Council how they believe educators will push the barriers to leverage tech in the classroom. Here are their best predictions for the future of education technology.
Presentation of the Week: Developing a Community of Practice
What a digital government looks like
13+ Best Podcast Hosting Sites For 2020 (With Top 5 Free)
Are you dreaming of launching the next hugely successful podcast and sharing your audio content with the world? That’s great! However, podcasting isn’t as simple as recording some audio and uploading it to iTunes – first; you have to host …
Add Interactive Annotations to Images With a New Classtools Tool
The new Image Hotspot Generator on Classtools makes it easy to add interactive annotations to any picture that you upload to the site. The annotations that you add to your pictures can include text and links. Your annotated images can …
Word Cloud Generators to Use in Your Instruction
A word cloud is a visual representation of the frequencies of words in a text. Teachers can use word clouds for a variety of instructional purposes from creating class groups using students’ names to reflecting on lesson plans.
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2019/12/word-cloud-generators-to-use-in-your.html…
The Rise of Do-It-Yourself Education
Do it yourself is more than just a trend for crafts and home improvements — it is an ethos that has reached higher education.
How schools and colleges are been re-imagined with the power of IoT?
Over the past few years, the education industry has been developed in significant measures. With technological interventions, education has come a long way. Though technology alone may not improve education, it can act as a catalyst for a better learning …
6 things you should stop doing online
Most of us have been online long enough to know the internet isn’t what it used to be. Under the seemingly seamless experiences and interfaces lies a swarm of invasive and exploitative processes that are built for profit. Here are …
How to Listen to Podcasts on iPhone, iPad, or Android
Did someone recently recommend you listen to a podcast? If your response was, “What’s a podcast?” we’ve got the answer, and more! Here’s a crash course on podcasts and how you can listen to them on your smartphone.
https://www.howtogeek.com/448805/how-to-listen-to-podcasts-on-iphone-ipad-or-android/
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When the best way to take notes is by hand
Most students take a laptop with them to lectures. But are there times when they might be better off taking a pad and pen?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191122-when-the-best-way-to-take-notes-is-by-hand…
Amazon CodeGuru
This is an artificial intelligence that reviews your source code and mades recommendations (no doubt also gathering statistics as it scans). “It helps you find the most expensive lines of code that hurt application performance and keep you up all …
Tools to Improve the Accessibility of Websites, Videos, and Slides
We all have different needs and preferences when it comes to consuming the media in our lives. Our students are the same. Some need webpages read aloud, some need different color schemes or fonts, and others need captions enabled on …