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I made a resolution in September of 2018 that I would quit social media indefinitely. This seemed to be a good decision because of the literal hundreds of articles detailing gains from the benign better interpersonal relationships to the fantastical …

Here are some best practices on how to integrate videogames in a classroom.

http://www.techedupteacher.com/how-to-integrate-and-manage-video-games-in-your-classroom/…

Technological innovations are revolutionizing the education sector. Here are insights into how emerging technologies are currently changing the way students learn and the potential technological transformations in the days to come.

https://elearningindustry.com/emerging-technologies-reimagining-students-learn…

Technology in education is changing how we think about learning and success.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/334000…

As educators today, it’s no longer about simply planning instruction with our students in mind. We also have to consider how changing technology trends and important societal issues will impact our students both now and beyond high school.  We need …

Imagine you go to a bookstore, and you notice and exciting cover. You pick the book, read the summary at the back, and the rave reviews. The plot seems intriguing enough, but when you check for the writer, it says …

If you need some help with life’s little chores, the internet is full of guidance. But which sites should you head to when you need some advice? Here are 12 how-to sites that everyone needs to have saved in their …

Screen time gets more bad press than a Hollywood star in rehab. But the fact is, not all screen time is the same. Screen time is like food: Some of it’s bad for you and some of it’s good for …

Online Curation is recognized as a necessary life-long skill for managing information overload. It involves purposefully collecting online content on a given topic, selecting and organizing the most relevant or interesting information, summarizing its significance for the collection, and sharing …

Graham Attwell points to ‘Predicting Employment through Machine Learning‘ by Linsey S. Hugo  and comments that it “confirms some of my worries about the use of machine learning in education.” The idea is that student records could be used to …

This extension helps you stay focused on work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of …

Across Saskatchewan, students from Grades 7 to 12 may now see robotics and coding become part of their practical and applied arts classes, due to the province’s launch of a new course curriculum.

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/robotics-and-coding-now-an-option-in-the-saskatchewan-curriculum/wcm/d2961d8c-688a-45c7-bc78-d675c2954a72…