Copyright law bestows exclusive rights on content creators. The fair use privilege is the most significant limitation on a copyright owner’s exclusive rights. This legal provision proves quite confusing to most people. Not to worry! Below we have carefully explained …
Review: Langogo’s Genesis translator takes a pocket-sized axe to the language barrier
The Langogo Genesis is a hand-held pocket translator, smaller than a smartphone, that uses noise-cancelling microphones to translate between more than 100 languages, while offering you a 4G Wi-Fi hotspot while you’re traveling. We’ve been using one for the last …
Researchers Reveal That Anonymized Data Is Easy To Reverse Engineer
Researchers at Imperial College London published a paper in Nature Communications on Tuesday that explored how inadequate current techniques to anonymize datasets are. Before a company shares a dataset, they will remove identifying information such as names and email addresses, …
Education publisher Pearson to phase out print textbooks
Pearson said students would only be able to rent physical textbooks from now on, and they would be updated much less frequently. The British firm hopes the move will make more students buy its e-textbooks which are updated continually.
90% of Students Prefer Online Education Over the Offline Model For Better Learning
A survey conducted by Gradeup indicated that the access to expert faculty & live classes are driving students to e-learning.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/336516?hss_channel=tw-2961279789…
Presentation of the Week: Beyond teacher comments: Designing for student uptake of feedback
The radical possibilities of man-made DNA
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How Do I Digitize and Share a Ton of Old Family Photos?
If you have hundreds of our old family photos and would like to scan them and make a secure cloud gallery that is searchable for your extended family by subject or name, take a look into this article.
https://lifehacker.com/how-do-i-digitize-and-share-a-ton-of-old-family-photos-1835484124…
Your phone addiction is a myth
What many commentators describe as an addiction is actually a powerful social norm at work. The distinction matters.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90363950/stop-calling-it-a-phone-addiction-its-just-a-social-norm…
How Can You Combine Mobile Learning And Gamification To Create High Impact Training?
Mobile learning and gamification are 2 leading trends that are used extensively in online training. In this article, I share insights on you how you can amplify their impact by combining their powers.
6 Windows Apps That Automatically Organize Files for You
The only way to overcome information overload is to put everything in its place on arrival. But how do you get started? We’ll show you some excellent apps that let you organize different types of files in Windows automatically.
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/automatically-organize-files-windows/…
Generating Useful Feedback with Digital Survey Tools
Polls and surveys are useful methods for gathering information about your students, tracking progress, and using that feedback to form lesson plans and assessments. With the latest digital survey tools, you can gather that information more accurately and more quickly. …
9 Good Apple Watch Apps for Teachers
It’s too early to talk about the use of wearable technology in education but the buzz Apple Watch is making within education circles heralds a promising future for a potential integration of this device in mainstream education. Here is a …
2019 Internet Trends report
Mary Meeker has released her annual internet trends report. The more interesting bits in the report are elsewhere. Highlights include: her discussion of freemium (p. 89), of the new role for data (p. 134, 147), on-demand work (p. 227), and …
How to make your handwriting editable text
Sometimes it’s simply quicker and easier to hand write the notes you want to take throughout a busy day at school. But what happens to those notes after you’ve written them down? Well here’s a way to save them and …