This is a new report (155 page PDF) on AI in education commisioned by the Australian Government Department of Education. The authors define AI and provide an overview of its applications in schools. Summaries of the major ethical issues follow, …
11 Excel tips every user should master
Whether you are a Microsoft Excel beginner or an advanced user, you’ll benefit from these step-by-step tutorials.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/excel-tips-every-user-should-master/…
This AI-powered text generator is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen — and you can try it
OpenAI, a nonprofit focused on creating human-level artificial intelligence, just released an update to its GPT-2 text generator. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that, after trying it, I’m legitimately terrified for the future of humanity if we don’t …
The Post-LMS World: Social, Simple, Modern, Mobile and Student-centric
The Learning Management System was never able to deliver on the promise of its new name because it was created for a completely different purpose: course management.
How Edtech Can Expand What Teachers Do
Education technology has the capacity to increase what a teacher can accomplish in the course of a day’s work.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-edtech-can-expand-what-teachers-do
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14 incredibly useful things you didn’t know Google Drive could do
Make Google’s online storage service better than ever with these unexpected options and productivity-boosting add-ons.
Can the Brave Browser Fix the Internet?
This new technology company, aptly named Brave, promotes a browser that is fundamentally built around privacy and data security. The Brave browser blocks ads, cookies, and trackers by default. Brave prioritizes secure connections (think HTTPS instead of HTTP) and promises …
The Best Laptops and Tablets for Students
Whether you plan to crush that term paper or immerse yourself in research, these college-ready computers will help you excel.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-laptops-tablets-for-students/…
The Radical Transformation of the Textbook
Digital-first. Open source. Subscription. The way textbooks are bought and sold is changing—with serious implications for higher education.
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-textbooks-radical-transformation…
20 + Things you can do with QR codes in your school
QR literally stands for ‘quick response’ and it enables you to transfer various types of digital content onto a mobile device in seconds without having to type any URLs.
https://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2015/09/20-things-you-can-do-with-qr-codes-in.html…
Presentation of the Week: Predicting the Future of EdTech 2030
How craving attention makes you less creative
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From passive to active learning
Inattentive, unfocused minds in classrooms are nothing new. The mindset needs to shift from how well teachers teach to how well students learn to address this problem.
Answers to Your Blended Learning Questions
Teachers had a lot of questions about an Edutopia video featuring a blended learning model developed in a public high school, and the team behind that model has answers.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/answers-your-blended-learning-questions…
Will traditional classroom become obsolete when schools ushering in 3.0 era?
Today’s children are all “digital natives” which is referred to “a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age”. In the current stage, educators are …