Below is a collection of some good Chrome extensions that can help you maximize your productivity and make the best of your online browsing experience. These are web clippers you can use to save important materials you come across online …
Machine learning is totally changing what we think of as literature
Literature researchers are starting to take an algorithmic approach to their field – expanding our definition of literature to the realm of fanfiction and beyond.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/english-literature-machine-learning-studies…
Would you recognize yourself from your data?
Would you recognize yourself from your data?
The technology that collects data about us hasn’t fully matured yet. But should we be cheered or spooked by the prospect that it will eventually get it right? Even more concerning, it is …
A Good Tool for Converting, Compressing and Editing 4K Videos
If you are looking for a good video converter that supports all popular video formats, WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe is definitely one of the best options to try out. WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe allows you to easily convert …
The 10 Smartest Online Courses You Can Sign Up For in June 2019
You don’t need scholarships, prior degrees, or even a physical classroom to further your education. Here are some noteworthy courses you can sign up for in June 2019.
https://mentalfloss.com/article/584491/smartest-online-courses-you-can-sign-june-2019…
7 apps that will let you hire people to do almost anything
You might not realize just how many tasks can be carried out via your smartphone, but if you’ve got the right apps, you can do pretty much anything. That doesn’t just mean playing games, surfing the web, or posting photos—you …
The 100,000-student classroom
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Presentation of the Week: Ethical considerations about the datafication of education
What Is Gamification In Education? 6 Ways To Gamify Your Classroom
Can education be fun? The gamification of education is taking schoolwork and turning it into entertainment. Therein, the teacher uses interactive boards like ViewBoard, and other tools to disguise lessons as games that students will be eager to engage in. …
Beautiful Questions: “How Humans Learn” and the Future of Education
The author starts with a pair of disarmingly simple queries: What can sociological and neurological research tell us about learning, and do our dominant pedagogies align with these insights?
Mac’s Accessibility Features Teachers Should Know About
You will get to learn how you can use Mac’s VoiceOver with the blind and those with low vision, the different things people who are deaf or hard of hearing can do with Siri, how to tap into Mac’s assistive …
Mona Lisa frown: Machine learning brings old paintings and photos to life
Machine learning researchers have produced a system that can recreate lifelike motion from just a single frame of a person’s face, opening up the possibility of animating not just photos but also of paintings. It’s not perfect, but when it …
Microsoft, Alphabet team up to teach quantum computer programming
The very concept of a quantum computer can be daunting, let alone programming it, but Microsoft thinks it can offer a helping hand. It’s partnering with Alphabet’s X and Brilliant on an online curriculum for quantum computing. The course starts …
A Handy Tool to Create Interactive Content for Your Class
Genially is a web tool you can use to create animated and interactive content for your class. You can design presentations, infographics, portfolios, video presentations, posters, CVS, quizzes, games and many more. Creating visual stories is simple and easy and …
Social Assessment™: New Ways of Learning, A Modern Framework for Feedback
How Social Assessment can drive employee engagement and improve performance.
https://www.d2l.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Social-Assessment-ebook-web.pdf…